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 Women smoking and health problems
Your Reproductive Health
Tobacco use can damage a woman’s reproductive health. Women who smoke have an increased risk for delayed conception and fertility problems. Smokers are younger at menopause..
 Women and smoking
In March 2001, the Office of the US Surgeon General released a long-awaited, detailed report entitled "Women and Smoking," along with the following statement:
"When calling attention to public heal..
 Parents and smoking kids
Keeping Your Kids From Starting
Concerned parents may have more influence over whether their children take up smoking than they think they do. In a recent study, teens who thought their parents wou..
 School students and smoking
Tobacco Use Among Middle School Students
The most recent numbers on tobacco use among middle school students come from a 2004 survey by the CDC. These numbers have not changed significantly from th..
 Giving up smoking help
Are there other medicines or vaccines to help smokers quit?
Yes. Some medicines that don’t contain nicotine are already approved to help with quitting smoking.
Bupropion (Zyban) is an antidepres..
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 How can smoking affect your health?
Cancers
Tobacco use accounts for nearly one third of all cancer deaths. Tens of thousands of women will die this year from lung cancer, which has greatly surpassed breast cancer as the leading caus..
 Helping your child quit smoking
If your child has already started smoking, the CDC offers these suggestions to help them kick the habit:
Try to avoid threats and ultimatums. Find out why your child is smoking. Your preteen or tee..
 Special smoking concerns among youths
Kreteks and Bidis
Clove and other flavored cigarettes are used mostly by younger smokers. They are nearly ideal in design as a "trainer cigarette" - giving another way to experiment with tobacco an..
 Facts about teens and kids smoking
Introduction
The good news: The number of younger Americans who smoke has been declining since the late 1990s. The bad news: The rates of smoking among teenagers are still higher than those of adul..
 About quitting smoking and nicotine replacement therapy
How do people quit smoking?
Quitting smoking is not easy, and some people try several times before succeeding. There are many ways to quit smoking. For example, some have been successful by stoppin..
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