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| Year : 2012 |
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Women and tobacco: A total misfit or mis-unfit
Ipseeta Menon1, Hari Parkash2
1 Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Center for Dental Studies, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Group of Dental Colleges, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Ipseeta Menon
Department of Public Health Dentistry, I.T.S Center for Dental Studies, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-9290.104966
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Women smokers are likely to increase as a percentage of the total. If the percentage of women who smoke in developing countries rise to the levels of men smokers, there will be more than 500 million women smokers in the next generation. Because women who smoke die from the same tobacco-caused diseases as men, such an increase will have dramatic effects on women's health and on the health and incomes of their families. In addition, women smokers are also at risk for developing cancer of the reproductive organs and osteoporosis. A gender perspective contributes to a better understanding of the epidemiological trends, social marketing strategies, economic policies, and international actions relating to women and the tobacco epidemic. |
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