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EQUALITY IN SMOKING & DISEASE Nobody Wins! Nearly 20 million women and girls in the United States smoke cigarettes. 60 ’S 70 ’S DURING THE and TOBACCO COMPANIES TARGETED WOMEN. ( ) 1964 2014 In the last 50 years a woman’s risk of dying from smoking has MORE THAN and is now equal to a man’s risk. TRIPLED MORE LIKELY WOMEN WHO SMOKE ARE to die from COPD than men who smoke. WOMEN OVER AGE 35 WHO SMOKE have a slightly higher risk of dying from heart disease than men who smoke. 200 , 000 MORE THAN 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. The Health Consequences of Smoking – 50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.
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EQUALITY IN SMOKING
& DISEASENobody Wins!
Nearly 20 million women and girlsin the United Statessmoke cigarettes.
60’S 70’SDURING THE
and
TOBACCO COMPANIES TARGETED WOMEN.
( )
1964
2014
In the last 50 years a woman’s risk of
dying from smoking has
MORETHAN
and is now equal to a man’s risk.
TRIPLED
MORE LIKELY
W O M E N WHO SMOKE ARE
to die from COPDthan men who smoke.
WOMENOVER AGE 35WHO SMOKE
have a slightly higher risk of dying from heart disease than
men who smoke.
200,000MORE THAN
WOMEN DIE EVERY YEARfrom 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.
The Health Consequences of Smoking – 50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2014.
