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[quote=GUESTNANCY,397693]There is a rise in female cigarette smoking. Females, who used to be in the small minority, are now making up nearly 40% of all smoking-related deaths and the number is steadily increasing, due to an increasing number of girls taking up the habit.
According to the latest study, females have certain health risks when they smoke. Some of these risks are unique to women, and some are increased in females compared to males:
•	risk for developing cervical cancer 
•	more complications with pregnancies, including lower infant birth weights and defects 
•	Women who smoke and take birth control have an increased risk for strokes, heart attacks, and blood clots 
•	Female smokers have an alarmingly younger age for a first heart attack compared to men who smoke: women who smoke have a first heart attack (on the average) at about age 66, compared to women who don't smoke (81.) That's a 14 year difference. For men, the difference is 6 years (age 72 for smokers compared to 64 for non-smokers.)
What, do you think, is causing an Increase in the Number of Female Smokers?
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