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Published on: January 10, 2015
Why tobacco is a women's health issue
Linda Sarna1, Stella Aguinaga Bialous
1UCLA School of Nursing, 700 Tiverton Avenue, Factor 4-262, Box 956918, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6918, USA. lsarna@sonnet.ucla.edu
Abstract:
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death amongwomen but is under-recognized as a critical women's health issue. This article provides an overview of the current data about womenand tobacco use, tobacco industry tactics that have resulted in theincreased smoking among women, and gender differences inhealth effects of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke,and in cessation interventions. Resources for clinicians are pro-vided that specifically focus on women and tobacco.
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