Factsheet from the American Lung Association. How the industry targets girls in its advertising and promotion; what results it has gotten.
From the National Women's Health Information Center.
New evidence that cigarette smoking during pregnancy can cause attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, aggressive behavior disorders and lower math and reading scores in children.
Academic article documents trends and effects of tobacco industry marketing to women.
Chapter in a book on tobacco in the UK.
Collection of articles on tobacco impacts on women.
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.
Village Voice article. Tobacco industry developed its "smoking = liberation" message for women in the U.S. in the 1970's; now it's exporting that message to promote tobacco to women globally.
Newspaper article outlines a few ways cigarettes are promoted to women.
US tobacco companies run ads in Japan for brands such as Virginia Slims using images of liberated, Western, cosmopolitan women. Over the same period, the number of female smokers has climbed, young women in particular
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