Heart Smart Recipe Heart Volunteers Building a Running Regime Lung cancer has now surpassed breast cancer as the leading cancer of cancer deaths among women. Current female smokers age 35 and older are more than ten times as likely to die from emphysema or chronic bronchitis than nonsmoking females. Americans are starting to smoke at a younger age, especially young girls.
Pregnant smokers have higher rates of miscarriage, still births and babies who are born too soon.
More of their babies die soon after birth from crib death than newborns of nonsmoking mothers. As more women start to smoke, their death rates from smoking-related lung diseases are fast approaching male smoking rates. Tips to Help You Stop Smoking 1. Make a list of your reasons for quitting and say them often. Set a date and tell everyone you are going to quit.