Everyone is affected by smoking, regardless of the gender. Smoking is not only the pastime of males. Even if in the onset of the twentieth century it was rare for women to smoke, the number increased greatly over the past decades. In a survey in 2002, it is estimated that 20 percent of the woman population smokes, and each year, it is estimated that 142,000 women dies due to diseases that are related to smoking.
The Consequences of Smoking
Women smokers suffer all the consequences of smoking that men do and sometimes even a lot more. This would include certain types of cancer like:
* Lung cancer
* Mouth cancer
* Larynx cancer
* Kidney cancer
* Bladder cancer
There are also respiratory diseases that women have to suffer from as a consequence of smoking. It could also have an effect on the fertility, menstrual cycle of women, and during the pregnancy of women. Smoking could have a great effect on the bones, and it could cause osteoporosis. Aside from that, appearance can change when you smoke. The skin and lips would look dull.
Pregnancy and Smoking
