title: Why tobacco is a women's health issue.
abstract: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death amongwomen but is under-recognized as a critical women's health issue. This article provides an overview of the current data about womenand tobacco use, tobacco industry tactics that have resulted in theincreased smoking among women, and gender differences inhealth effects of tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke,and in cessation interventions. Resources for clinicians are pro-vided that specifically focus on women and tobacco.
authors.affiliation: UCLA School of Nursing, 700 Tiverton Avenue, Factor 4-262, Box 956918, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6918, USA. lsarna@sonnet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sarna
authors.forename: Stella Aguinaga
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Bialous
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D020407:Internet; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011322:Primary Prevention; D011634:Public Health; D012098:Reproduction; D012307:Risk Factors; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D019460:Tobacco Industry; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health