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only in this directory Smoking Lung Cancer (9)	INWAT home page The International Network of Women Against Tobacco (INWAT) was founded in 1990 by women tobacco control leaders to address the complex issues of tobacco use among women and young girls. www.inwat.org/ reviews National Coalition FOR Women AGAINST Tobacco Contents Our History Take Action! Recent News Online Resources Educational Resources Coalition Members Loud and Clear Our Mission! Founded by the American Medical Women's Association, the National Coalition FOR Women Against Tobacco aims to recognize the dangers of tobacco use and exposure along with take a leadership role in helping the global community of women and girls lead tobacco-free ... www.womenagainst.org/ reviews A Breath of Fresh Air! Independence from smoking. The National Women's Health Information Center has created this page to help empower women and girls, and the people they love to breathe clean! Gain independence from the stale world of smoking by using our information and resources. Learn about the specific effects of smoking on your health and how to overcome barriers to quit. www.4woman.gov/QuitSmoking/index.cfm reviews Sluts against butts We're Sluts Against Butts and we're bent... bent on holding the tobacco industry responsible for what they do to women, that is. If you're ready to get tough on big tobacco AND have a good time, then it's time you joined us. Come on in! ... www.slutsagainstbutts.com/ reviews The Steps to Smoking Cessation Why It's Important to Quit Mortality Cardiovascular Disease Lung Cancer Other Cancers Smoking and Bone Health Smoking and Reproduction Smoking and Pregnancy How to Quit Smoking The Steps to Smoking Cessation Common Questions Homepage The Steps to Smoking Cessation Studies have shown that these five steps will help you quit and quit for good. You have the best chances of quitting if you use them ... www.womenandsmoking.com/cessation.html reviews Smoking What are some of the short-term and long-term effects of smoking on women Is it too late to quit What are the most effective methods for women to stop smoking How effective are nicotine substitutes. How effective is the new pill that claims to help stop smoking Can I find resources on the Web to help me quit smoking What are some of the ... www.forwoman.net/faq/smoking.htm reviews Alliance, Tobacco as a Problem for Women The Alliance of Boulder County on Tobacco and Health. Tobacco as a Problem for Women. bcn.boulder.co.us/community/abct/abctwndx.htm reviews Catching Our Breath Catching our Breath: A Journal about change for women who smoke, explores some of the problems women must overcome to quit smoking, or to reduce the amount they smoke. Also explores why women smoke as well as ways to cope and relax without smoking. www.cwhn.ca/resources/breath/index.html reviews Creating a global tobacco culture among women Chapter six Creating a global tobacco culture among women Dr Amanda Amos Transnational tobacco companies are targeting the growing and potential markets of women smokers throughout the world. Where they come into contact with different cultures they tend to modify their message to women, and often get away with tactics that would be censured elsewhere. In this way the industry's method of ... www.health.fi/smoke2html/Pages/Smoke2-23.html reviews Smoking is a Women's Issue Did You Know In 1998, Philip Morris made a profit of $5 billion selling cigarettes overseas, compared to $1.5 billion from cigarette sales in the United States. The Tobacco Toll Find out what tobacco has done to your state! Select a State... Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawai'i Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana ... tobaccofreekids.org/reports/women/ reviews Cigarette Smoking Causes Child Learning Disabilities - Attention Deficit and Behavior Disorders New evidence cigarette smoking during pregnancy can cause attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, aggressive behavior disorders and lower math and reading scores in children. www.chem-tox.com/pregnancy/smoking.htm reviews Nine months - Smoking and pregnancy: a lethal combination When you light your cigarette in pregnancy, you're not the only one who smokes. Your baby does to! www.mothersbliss.co.uk/nine/smoke.asp reviews Smoking Cessation , by cover model/entrepreneur/activist Christy Turlington - DrDonnica.com - The Supermodel Christy Turlington has graced the cover of so many magazines, her face has become almost synonymous with beauty and fashion. In a presentation adapted from a speech she gave to the Society for Women's Health Research, Christy speaks, not as a famous model, but as a super role model for women everywhere. Christy is a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the ... www.drdonnica.com/display.asp?article=3152 reviews The New Face of Tobacco: Women The New Face of Tobacco: Women Robert Weissman rob@milan.essential.org Mon, 9 Apr 2001 17:38:32 -0400 (EDT) Previous message: Kenya debates tobacco bill that aims to reduce smoking-related disease (fwd) Next message: Thailand: BAT opens a subsidiary Messages sorted by: The New Face of Tobacco by Noy Thrupkaew Source: ZNet (Z Magazine), Wednesday, 2/14/01 While the Marlboro Man surveys the great ... lists.essential.org/pipermail/intl-tobacco/2001q2/000454.html reviews Teenage Girls as the Target of the Tobacco Industry Teenage Girls as the Target of the Tobacco Industry Factsheet -September 1998 Smoking-related diseases claim an estimated 430, 700 American lives each year, including those affected indirectly, such as babies born prematurely due to prenatal maternal smoking and some of the victims of secondhand exposure to tobacco's carcinogens. Smoking costs the United States approximately $97.2 billion each ... www.ritobaccocontrolnet.com/teengirl.htm reviews Tobacco Control -- FERRENCE 9 (1): 114 HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS Reprint (PDF) Version of this Article Email this link to a friend eLetters: Submit a response to this article Similar articles found in: Tobacco Control Online PubMed PubMed Citation Search Medline for articles by: FERRENCE, R. Alert me when: new articles cite this article Download to Citation Manager Collections under which this ... tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/1/114 reviews Virginia SLAM! , with singer/songwriter Leslie Nuchow - DrDonnica.com - The First Name in Women's Leslie Nuchow began Virginia SLAM! as a counter movement against the Virginia Slims record label, Woman Thing Music. Virginia SLAM! produced two SLAM! concerts in 1997 and 1998, featuring the Indigo Girls and Shawn Mullins that focused on keeping the tobacco industry out of music. www.drdonnica.com/display.asp?article=3409 reviews ScienceDaily Magazine -- Use Of Smokeless Tobacco May Lead To Breast Cancer, Wake Forest Team Preliminary results suggest that using smokeless tobacco may dramatically increase the risk of breast cancer, Wake Forest University School of Medicine researchers reported today. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/05/000509003313.htm reviews BWHBC Articles: Smoking Home site map & search who we are our bodies ourselves nuestros cuerpos latina health initiative our publications health links health issues new & noteworthy online library internships donations Our Health vs. Their Profits: The Lure of Smoking Continues for Girls Judy Norsigian, Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1998. Three years ago, as we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Our Bodies, ... www.ourbodiesourselves.org/smoking.htm reviews Cigarettes More Dangerous to Women Cigarettes More Dangerous to Women According to a new Australian study: * Women who smoke are more likely to develop lung cancer than male smokers * Women also seem to need fewer cigarettes to do so * Women also find it more difficult than men to quit smoking, said the report More specifically: * a woman who smoked the equivalent of a pack a day for 40 years had a cancer risk three times higher ... ash.org/dangers/women.html reviews Mediascope Issue Briefs - Women and Smoking Home - Publications - Issue Briefs - Women and Smoking For many decades, tobacco companies have attempted to lure new female customers by associating smoking with a woman's independence and sophistication. Advertising campaigns such as Virginia Slims' You've come a long way, baby and the new It's a woman thing have presented smoking as signs of freedom and individuality. As early as 1916, ... www.mediascope.org/pubs/ibriefs/ws.htm reviews ScienceDaily Magazine -- Smoking-Related Deaths On The Rise Among American, French Women Smoking-related illnesses and deaths among American and French women have risen sharply in recent years, despite vigorous anti-smoking campaigns on a global scale, says a Penn State researcher. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1998/11/981120080005.htm reviews The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer - UICC GLOBALink UICC GLOBALink Presents... The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer, MD. Table of contents of the chapter 14 Pregnancy and fertility Congenital Anomalies Fertility and Menopause General Miscarriage Smoking and Low Birth Weight Copyright ( ) 2000 - David Moyer - published on UICC GLOBALink ... www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter14/table_of_contents_chap14.html reviews The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer - UICC GLOBALink UICC GLOBALink Presents... The Tobacco Reference Guide by David Moyer, MD. Table of contents of chapter 24 Women and smoking General Historical Copyright ( ) 2000 - David Moyer - published on UICC GLOBALink ... www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter24/table_of_contents_chap24.html reviews Secondhand Smoke Causes Women Decreased Lung Function UniSci is a newsletter of science stories from the major research labs. Headlines link to in-depth articles and editorials. UniSci keeps scientists and others up-to-date on current research. unisci.com/stories/20022/0523021.htm reviews Tobacco Control -- Amos and Haglund 9 (1): 3 HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS Reprint (PDF) Version of this Article Email this link to a friend eLetters: Submit a response to this article Similar articles found in: Tobacco Control Online PubMed PubMed Citation This Article has been cited by: other online articles Search Medline for articles by: Amos, A. \|\| Haglund, M. Alert me when: new articles cite this ... tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/9/1/3 reviews Tobacco Control -- SLAMA 8 (1): 113a HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS Email this link to a friend eLetters: Submit a response to this article Similar articles found in: Tobacco Control Online Search Medline for articles by: SLAMA, K. Alert me when: new articles cite this article Download to Citation Manager Tob Control 1999;8:113-114 ( Spring ) Books The female smoker The female smoker: from ... tc.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/8/1/113a reviews