This 4-page booklet gives practical advice about how to increase physical activity. It can be viewed as a text or PDF document at this site, or a free copy can be ordered here. Kicking the Smoking Habit Cigarette smoking is a habit that greatly increases your chances of developing cardiovascular diseases. Surprising as it may seem, smoking by women in this country causes almost as many deaths from heart disease as from lung cancer. If you smoke, you are two to six times more likely to suffer a heart attack than a nonsmoking woman, and the risk increases with the number of cigarettes you smoke each day.
Smoking also boosts the risk of stroke.
This 4-page booklet can be viewed as a text or PDF document at this site, or a free copy can be ordered here. This online publication discusses facts about heart disease and women. Major risk factors are reviewed, as well as topics specific to women, such as birth control pills and hormones and menopause. This fact sheet teaches women how to control and prevent high blood pressure. Topics include limiting alcohol use, using less salt, being physically active, and losing weight if overweight.