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    1.Review - The Female Smoker: From Addiction to Recovery.
     Book review.
    tc.bmjjournals.com
    2.Cigarettes More Dangerous to Women
     According to recent research.
    ash.org
    3.You've Come a Long Way...or Have You?
     From the American Council on Science and Health a survey of 13 magazines over two years shows that women's magazines still downplaying health effects of smoking. The ratio of cigarette ads to articles on smoking is actually increasing.
    www.acsh.org
    4.International Network of Women against Tobacco (INWAT)
     Founded in 1990 by women tobacco control leaders to address the complex issues of tobacco use among women and young girls.
    www.inwat.org
    5.Tobacco and Women's Health
     Book review of book of same title.
    tc.bmjjournals.com
    6.Women, Girls and Tobacco: The Global Facts and the Challenge
     Short paper on women and tobacco; tobacco promotion to women and girls; global impact of tobacco on women; recommendations for action.
    www.ceche.org
    7.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.
    www.ritobaccocontrolnet.com
    8.Smoking and Quitting for Women
     From the National Women's Health Information Center.
    www.forwoman.net
    9.Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy
     New evidence that 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
    10.The Marketing of Cigarettes to Women
     Academic article documents trends and effects of tobacco industry marketing to women.
    tc.bmjjournals.com
    11.Women First - Smoking Cessation
      Collection of articles on smoking and quitting for women.
    www.womenfirst.com
    12.Tobacco as a Problem for Women
     Collection of articles on tobacco impacts on women.
    bcn.boulder.co.us
    13.Smoking and Reproduction
     ASH-UK Factsheet covers smoking and cervical cancer, fertility, pregnancy, menopause, oral contraceptives, fetal growth and birth weight, spontaneous abortion, complications of pregnancy, perinatal mortality, secondhand smoke and pregnancy, children's health and long-term growth.
    www.ash.org.uk
    14.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
    15.Women and Tobacco
     WHO report. Women as the tobacco industry sees them; health effects of tobacco specific to women; women's brands and 'light' cigarettes.
    tobacco.who.int
    16.Facts on Women and Tobacco
     Fact sheet from the Center for Disease Control (CDC).
    www.cdc.gov
    17.Creating a Global Tobacco Culture Among Women
     Book chapter explores tobacco industry promotion worldwide targeting women.
    www.health.fi
    18.Philip Morris: National Expert on Women
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    www.tobacco.org
    19.Mediascope Issue Briefs - Women and Smoking
     Factsheet, all sources cited; tobacco industry promotion to women; smoking and women's health.
    www.mediascope.org
    20.Smoking is a Women's Issue
     Report from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids covers harm to women from tobacco products, promotion to women and girls by the tobacco industry.
    tobaccofreekids.org
    21.Fatal Attraction: Lifting the Smokescreen
     Offers a women's guide to stopping smoking, and information for healthcare professionals.
    www.liftingthesmokescreen.org.uk
    22.Catching Our Breath: A Journal About Change for Women who Smoke
     Written by women for women; 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
    23.The New Face of Tobacco: Women
     Znet article surveys tobacco industry marketing to women in the US and worldwide.
    lists.essential.org
    24.The Tobacco Reference Guide: Women and Smoking
     Current and historical trends documented from a book on tobacco.
    www.globalink.org
    25.The Tobacco Reference Guide: Pregnancy and Fertility
     Factsheets on tobacco and congenital anomalies, fertility and menopause, general effects, miscarriage, and low birth weight.
    www.globalink.org
    26.Christy Turlington: Not Just A Cover Model- A Role Model
     Turlington writes about her own story of tobacco addiction and losing a loved one to lung cancer.
    www.drdonnica.com
    27. Girls and Tobacco
     Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids backgrounder covers cigarette promotions targeting women and girls. In PDF.
    tobaccofreekids.org
    28.U.S. Tobacco Makers Targetted Women Since '20s
     ABC News article provides a quick summary of the long history.
    smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu
    29. Music Campaign as Latest Enticement to Young Girls
      CD's by buying two packs of Virginia Slims cigarettes.
    www.acsh.org
    30.Virginia SLAM!
     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
    31.Pregnancy and smoking: a lethal combination
     Information on how much harm tobacco products cause during and after pregnancy.
    www.mothersbliss.co.uk
    32.Zyban may be better than nicotine to help women snuff tobacco habit
     Recent research finds Zyban is more effective than nicotine patches or gum for women quitting smoking.
    www.oregonlive.com
    33.OnHealth: Smokeless Tobacco Increases Breast Cancer Risk
     Spit tobacco increases a woman's risk of breast cancer.
    www.sciencedaily.com
    34.Secondhand Smoke Causes Women Decreased Lung Function
     Secondhand smoke causes decreased lung function in women, especially women with asthma, according to a recent study.
    unisci.com
    35.Sluts against Butts
     Features women bent on holding the tobacco companies responsible.
    www.slutsagainstbutts.com
    36.Women and Smoking
     Discusses effects of smoking on women and the steps to smoking cessation.
    www.womenandsmoking.com
    37.Independence From Smoking
     National Women's Health Information Center provides information and resources to empower women and girls, and the people they love, to gain independence from smoking.
    www.4woman.gov
    38.Women Face Unique Risks From Smoking Says Surgeon General's Report
     The marked increase in the number of women who die each year from tobacco products has led the surgeon general to call smoking-related disease among women a full-blown epidemic.
    www.usmedicine.com
    39.A Primer on Women and Tobacco: The Leading American Epidemic
     Report in PDF format from the American Medical Students Association on tobacco marketing, tobacco use, and women.
    www.amsa.org
    40.Background on Women and Girls and Tobacco
     Pamphlet from the Partnership for Smoking or Health (Missouri health group).
    www.moalpha.org
    41.Tobacco, and Women and Young People
     Chapter from a book by the British Medical Association examines women and smoking.
    www.bma.org.uk
    42.Torches of Freedom
     Themes of Women's Liberation in American Cigarette Advertising; a paper presented at the Southwest / Texas Popular Culture Association Convention. In PDF.
    www.rtvf.unt.edu
    43.Smoking Is Ugly
      Facts and quitting info.
    www.smokingisugly.com
    44.Women and Smoking
     American Legacy Foundation tobacco education campaign features real women battling very real tobacco-related illnesses light emphysema, lung cancer, and throat cancer, and highlights their real parting letters to their family and loved ones.
    women.americanlegacy.org
    45.Smoking: A Guide for Teens
     Center for Young Women's Health in Boston provides short factsheet aimed at teen women.
    www.youngwomenshealth.org
    46. Cigarettes
     Women's Cancer Network explains why the lower tar and nicotine numbers are misleading, the cigarettes are designed to trick the smoking machines, and light cigarettes are no less lethal.
    wcn.org
    47.16. Women and smoking
     Chapter in a book on smoking in Australia.
    www.quit.org.au
    48.Adverse Effects of Tobacco Smoking on Reproduction
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    www.foresight-preconception.org.uk
    49.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.
    www.washingtonpost.com
    50.Smoking: Effects on Mothers and Babies in West Virginia
     Matched Birth and Death Certificate data tell a grim tale, and a short discussion gives the story behind the data.
    www.wvdhhr.org
    51.Recent research finds that cigarettes cause more disease in women.
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    www.ingenta.com
    52.Cigarette Ads Targetting Women
     A collection of cigarette ads targetting women, from a gallery of cigarette ads.
    www.tobacco.org
    53.Tobacco Advertising and Women: Virginia Slims Advertising
     You've come a long way baby. A collection of Virginia Slimds ads shows how cigarettes were pushed in the 70's.
    www.tobacco.org
    54.Cigarettes Linked to Breast Cancer
     Summary of recent research.
    bcn.boulder.co.us
    55.Cigarette Advertising and Magazine Coverage of the Hazards of Smoking: A Statistical Analysis
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    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
    56.Women and Smoking
     A 2001 report of the U.S. Surgeon General which includes patterns of tobacco used among women, graphs, statistical data, how to quit, state information, links.
    www.cdc.gov
    57.Smoke-Free Families: Know a Pregnant Smoker?
     Benefits of quitting for you and your baby, resources that will help you quit smoking and stay quit, and how to contact Smoke-Free Families.
    www.smokefreefamilies.org
    58.June Russell's Health Facts: Smoking - Women
     Factsheet on tobacco products and their effects on women, children, and families.
    www.jrussellshealth.com
    59.Ladies Home Journal on Smoking
     Smoking quiz, quitting tips, and dealing with withdrawal symptoms.
    www.lhj.com
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