A recent study conducted by Rachel Huxley of the University of Minnesota,published in The Lancet Medical Journal, revealed that even though womentend to smoke fewer cigarettes than their male counterparts, they are at a25% greater risk of smoking related health conditions. Biologically, women aremore vulnerable to the hazards of active and passive smoking. Let's look at thereasons behind this phenomenon

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Pregnant women and smoking

• Smoking a cigarette is like smoking a cocktailof drugs and poisons, which are extremelyharmful for the unborn baby. It reduces theoxygen in the body, and increases the risk ofmiscarriages. Smoking like a chimney can alsoreduce pregnant women's chances of gettingpregnant again. It can increase the risk of birthdefects in babies or the babies are three timesmore likely to be still born or die within thefirst week if born to smokers.

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Infertility and Smoking

• Medical experts suggest that smoking can have an adverse impact on fertility in women. When compared to non-smokers, smoking women are 30% more likely to take time in conceiving a child. As a matter of fact, active smoking by either of the partners in the relationship is more harmful for the unborn baby, when compared to passive smoking.

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• A study conducted by Stephanie Land of theUniversity of Pittsburgh's Graduate School ofPublic Health on 13,388 women revealed thatsmoking women are at a higher risk of breastcancer when compared to their non-smokingcounterparts. The study found that women whosmoked for at least 35 years had a 59% higherrisk of breast cancer, whereas those who smokedfor less than 15 years had no increased risk forbreast cancer. http://www.seedartbank.com/process-for-egg-

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Heart Diseases and Smoking

• According to a study from the University ofMinnesota and Johns Hopkins University becauseof gender-based biologic differences betweenmen and women, women who smoke are 25%more likely to develop potentially fatal diseasessuch as heart disease. The study suggests that,"Women may extract more carcinogens, orcancer-causing substances, and toxins from eachcigarette compared to men." But the good newshere is that women who plan to quit smoking canslash their risk of coronary heart disease by halfwithin the first year.

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Other Health Risks for

Women• Apart from risks of infertility and breast

cancer, smoking can also lead to lung cancer inwomen. One of the major causes ofrespiratory problems, smoking can lead toplaque build up or clots in the blood vessels ofthe legs (peripheral artery disease). Smokingwomen are also at a greater risk ofosteoporosis. It is also linked with goingthrough menopause at an early age whencompared to non-smokers.

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• Yes, even light smoking is harmful for womenas it poses a host of health problems. It isbelieved that as few as 1 to 4 cigarettes a daycan increase your risk of suffering from a heartattack or in some unfortunate cases, dyingfrom heart disease.

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