Equality in Smoking & Disease: Nobody Wins!
DURING THE
60’s and 70’s
TOBACCO COMPANIES
TARGETED WOMEN.
In the last 50 years
a woman’s risk of
dying from smoking has
______________
MORE
THAN
TRIPLED
______________
and is now equal to a
man’s risk.
WOMEN
WHO SMOKE
ARE
MORE
LIKELY
______________
to die from COPD
than men who smoke.
MORE THAN
200,000
WOMEN DIE EVERY YEAR
______________
from smoking-related disease
compared with 270,000 men
who die from smoking-related
disease every year.
WOMEN SMOKERS SHOULD QUIT SMOKING.
For help, they can visit women.smokefree.govexternal icon or call 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
Page last reviewed: April 28, 2020
