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Equality in Smoking and Disease: Nobody Wins!

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    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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    Nearly 20 million women and firls in the United States smoke cigarettes.

    • During the sixties and seventies tobacco companies targeted women.

    • Women who smoke are more likely to die from C.O.P.D. than men who smoke.

    • Women over age 35 who smoke have a slightly higher risk of dying from heart disease than men who smoke.

    • More than 200,000 women die every year from smoking-related disease compared with 270,000 men who die from smoking-related disease every year.

    WOMEN SMOKERS SHOULD QUIT SMOKING.

    For help, they can visit women.smokefree.gov or call 1-800-QUIT-NOW.

    womensinfographic_with_call_to_action_508v2.pdf

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