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The purpose of this review is to provide an update (since 2010) on research on women and smoking and, where appropriate, gender differences related to smoking behavior. We will review the epidemiology and health effects of smoking, and factors that may affect cessation.
In comparing lung cancer risk in smokers of different types of cigarettes, Lee (35) determined in 2001 that the risk was 36% lower in individuals smoking filtered cigarettes than in those smoking unfiltered cigarettes, and the risk was 23% lower for smokers of low-tar cigarettes than smokers of high-tar cigarettes.
We must have a better understanding of key factors that influence smoking initiation among women and girls to address the growing epidemic of women smokers and the looming impact on women’s health worldwide.
31 Μαΐ 2010 · Overview. This monograph contributes to the scientific understanding of gender, women, and tobacco in the context of efforts to control the global tobacco epidemic. Topics covered include determinants of starting to use tobacco; exposure to second-hand smoke; the impact that tobacco use has on health; addiction and cessation; treatment programmes;
10 Ιαν 2014 · New research suggests that, compared with men, women may be more susceptible to smoking-related morbidity and mortality. Gender-related barriers to smoking cessation include weight gain, sex hormones, and mood. Furthermore, the sensory aspects of smoking may have more of an effect on smoking treatment for women than for men.
1 Ιαν 2024 · These results indicate that smoking stigma is an important social justice and public health issue and that further research is needed to better prevent its effects on women's well-being and health behaviours.
10 Οκτ 2022 · By overcoming many of the limitations of traditional meta-analyses, our approach provides comprehensive, up-to-date and easy-to-use estimates of the evidence on the health effects of smoking.
