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American Lung Association Fact Sheet: Women and Smoking

In 1987, lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States.
(http://www.lungusa.org/tobacco/women_factsheet.html)

Background -- Smoking and Canadia Women

Factsheet.
(http://www.smoke-free.ca/vantage/VantageNOT!C.htm)

Cigarettes more dangerous to women

According to recent research.
(ash.org/dangers/women.html)

Guide to Stop Smoking for Women

Canadian health pamphlet.
(http://www.mediconsult.com/mc/mcsite.nsf/conditionnav/women~educationalmaterial)

HomeArts: Health News -- Lung Cancer Risk Underestimated, Especially by Women

Ask women what illness they worry about and they'll usually say breast cancer. But most common cancer in the U.S. is lung cancer ,and women have the highest incidence of lung cancer and the highest death rate. Why then do women underestimate the risk?
(http://homearts.com/depts/health/67newsf4.htm)

Smoking a special risk for women

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(http://www.canoe.ca/Health9902/07_linton.html)

Stop Promoting Cigarettes to Women

Distinguished Canadian women are saying "NO" to RJ Reynold's use of a women's achievement award to promote its cigarettes -- and they're asking you to sign on too.
(http://www.smoke-free.ca/vantage)

Tobacco Money and What it Buys

Last year, cigarette companies spent $460 million on advertising of its tobacco products alone, most of it on print ads.
(http://researcher.sirs.com/cgi-bin/res-article-display?018389+tobacco)

You've come a long way...or have you? W . . . ll downplaying health effects of smoking

Excellent update from ACSH. Survey of 13 magazines over two years. "Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States today, yet articles about tobacco made up fewer than 1 percent of all the health-related articles in the magazines
(http://www.acsh.org/publications/reports/wms_0399.html)

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