See Her Cigssssssssss!!!

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Women_and_Smoking.asp
http://www.ispub.com/ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijh/vol5n2/smoking.xml

It is apparent that women have the same nicotine dependency like men. It is also clear that the number of female smokers is augmenting quickly between years. What makes it worse is that smoking becomes more popular among young women than elder ones. According to an article published by the American Cancer Society, about 21% of women ages 18 to 44 smoke, but only about 9% of women 65 and over do. As these younger women age and continue to smoke, they will have more smoking-related illness and disability. Reasons that push women towards cigarettes vary between psychological troubles, such as feelings of guilty, disappointment, rejection, and social deterrence like low-paid or unpaid jobs, divorce, or the simple tendency towards a sense of group belonging. When smokers meet at the schoolyard they believe that they have much fun and joyful atmosphere than non-smokers.

It is assumed that tobacco epidemic risks are familiar to all smokers including young or old women. And if there is one explanation why they don’t quite, it may be due to the lack of a strong will. Therefore, I think that sometimes it is worthless to invest time and money publishing ads and making programs to encourage people who are completely conscious of the effects of the cigarettes. In fact, some women in some places may smoke just for the purpose of the prestige. Isn’t that ridiculous?! Hence, why instructing people who are knowledgeable enough about the issue? Why advising women who smoke only, because they are either naïve or stubborn?

However, there is still some kind of person who is neither aware of the smoking risks nor able to ban them even if he/she were aware. It is still possible to say that smoking is imposed on him/her. Obviously, he/she is the little growing baby of the smoking pregnant mother. Research suggests that infants of mothers who smoke during and after pregnancy are 2 to 3 times more likely to die from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) than babies born to non-smoking mothers. Hence, voices of blame should be much more rigid with the category of pregnant women or with those who aim at getting married and having children than with anybody else. Smoking women in this case, are not putting only themselves at risk, but also the life of innocent creatures. It would be even so judicious if children rights organization put obstructions and laws on pregnant smokers.