Why It's Important to Quit
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Gaining Independence from Smoking We have created this page to help empower women and girls, and the people they love, to breathe clean! Learn about the specific effects of smoking on your health and how to overcome barriers to quit.
Smoking is a major public health problem. About half a million deaths per year in the United States are due to smoking. These deaths happen as a result of cancers, breathing problems, strokes, and many other smoke-related health problems.
Men and women are both affected by smoke related health problems. However, there are additional health risks that are specific to women. Women smokers who take birth control pills have an increased risk of stroke, narrowing of blood vessels, and thrombosis. They also have an increased risk of cervical cancer. It is more difficult for women smokers to conceive a child than it is for non-smoking women. Smokers who do get pregnant are at a higher risk of having that baby stillborn, premature, or born weighing much less than normal.
Women have not always smoked. At the beginning of the century, women rarely smoked because it was socially unacceptable. Today, 22 million smokers in the U.S. are women, and there has been a rapid increase in the number of deaths related to lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Unlike so many other conditions or diseases, everyone has the power to prevent themselves from suffering from smoking-related illnesses or death. The benefits of not smoking start within days of quitting
This website will help you understand why smoking is addictive and unhealthy for women and people around them. Gain independence from the stale world of smoking by using our information and resources.
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