Smoking and second-hand smoke cause disease and are killers according to the US Surgeon General. They cause the deaths of 500,000 people annually in the US. This site explains the special problems smoking and second-hand smoke cause women.
Heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United States. You are 4 times more likely to die from coronary heart disease if you smoke.
Since 1987, lung cancer kills many more women every year than breast cancer.
Smoking may affect your ability to get pregnant.
Postmenopausal women who smoke have lower bone density than women who never smoked.
Women who smoke have an increased risk for other cancers, including cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx (voice box), esophagus, pancreas, kidney, bladder, and uterine cervix.
Secondhand smoke causes wheezing, coughing, colds, earaches, and asthma attacks.
Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of Tourette's syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder in your children children. (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-06-26T193646Z_01_COL670543_RTRUKOC_0_US-MATERNAL-SMOKING.xml&archived=False
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