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Smoking and Health Survey in Hong Kong Women may 2014 COSH Report No
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Chan, Sophia Siu Chee Wong, David Catalina, Ng Leung, Doris Lee, Kyle William, Li Lau, Lisa Lai, Vienna Wai Yin |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | The current global smoking women population is far less than men. However, while the epidemic tobacco use among men is in slow decline, there is a growing concern about increasing tobacco use among women. It is predicted that 20% of women worldwide will be smokers by 2025 when compared with 12% today. Smoking causes many fatal diseases and presents a large health threat to women. The 2014 Surgeon General’s report highlights that the disease risks from smoking in women have risen sharply over the last 50 years and that they are as likely as men to die from many diseases caused by smoking. Some health consequences of smoking are specific to women, such as a higher rate of infertility, premature labour, low birth weight infants, ectopic pregnancy, sudden infant death syndrome, cervical cancer, irregular menstruation cycles, dysmenorrhoea and early menopause. As the health consequences of smoking in the population only become fully evident 30-40 years after smoking has reached the peak, the adverse effects of smoking on women’s health will only be seen fully after several decades. The number of tobacco-attributable deaths among women will increase globally. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://smokefree.hk/UserFiles/resources/about_us/cosh_reports/COSHRN_E15.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Report |
