Search The Directory The Web for Home > Health > Women's Health > Smoking New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   States, Women's Groups Slow To Address Women's Smoking - Lung cancer kills more women every year than breast cancer, and has for some time, but state government and women's groups have been slow to act; article examines why.   Teenage Girls as the Target of the Tobacco Industry - Factsheet from the American Lung Association. How the industry targets girls in its advertising and promotion; what results it has gotten.   The Marketing of Cigarettes to Women - Academic article documents trends and effects of tobacco industry marketing to women.   The Task Force for Tobacco-Free Women and Girls - History, goals, and accomplishments of the task force for tobacco-free women and girls.   The Wrong Way to Stay Slim - Editorial from the New England Journal of Medicine looks at the connection between body image, advertising, and smoking.   This Kills Women: Do Feminist Groups Even Care? - Washington Post article examines why women's groups say little about the leading cause of preventable death among women; one factor covered is tobacco industry money accepted by women's groups.   Tobacco Advertising and Women - Gallery of tobacco ads, some exploiting women, some targetting women.   Tobacco Advertising and Women: Virginia Slims advertising - You've come a long way baby. How cigarettes were pushed in the 70's. Yes, it does seem cheesy now. But it got results: the target audience started using the advertised product more, as they say in marketing.   Tobacco Companies Exploit Women, says WHO - Tobacco companies are exploiting women's struggle for equal rights by creating the impression that tobacco makes women more confident, more sexually attractive, and more in control of their own destiny, says a World Health Organization report.   Tobacco and Women - Trends and Strategies for Quitting - Dr. Susan Stewart gives the trends, the outcomes, and your personal options in ordinary language.   Tobacco and Women's Health - Book review of book of same title.   Tobacco as a Problem for Women - Collection of articles on tobacco impacts on women.   Why Cigarettes Can be a Woman's Worst Enemy - Smoking increases your risk of cervical and rectal cancer; worsens your period; damages your fertility; hurts your unborn baby; ages you; attacks your heart.   Why Women Smoke - Personal reflections by a woman with a 16 year smoking habit. From Women.com   Why Women and Girls Must Fight the Addictive Power of Advertising - Not entirely about tobacco advertising, but significantly; examples given, principles illustrated.   Women First - Smoking Cessation - "For women approaching midlife, smoking cessation is the single most important change you can make to enhance your life expectancy." Collection of articles on smoking and quitting for women.   Women Resisting the Tobacco Industry - Paper presented at a conference.   Women Suffer Huge Rise in Lung Disease - Chronic lung disease in women almost doubled in the 1990s as smoking began to show its effects.   Women and Smoking - Chapter in a book on tobacco in Australia.   Women and Smoking - Chapter in a book on tobacco in Australia.     [ 1 2 3 4 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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