TY - JOUR
T1 - Women and smoking
T2 - Current trends and issues for the 1990s
AU - Berman, Barbara A.
AU - Gritz, Ellen R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The preparation of this article was supported by the following grants from the National Cancer Institute: Cancer Control Science Program, CA 43461; Smoking Cessation for Women in an HMO Population, CA 41616; and Cancer Center Core Support Supplement: Minority Enhancement Award, CA 16042. It was also supported by the following grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Targeting Adult Minority Smokers Through Public Schools, HL 43608. We thank Eiisa Clements for expert word-processing assistance. We wish to acknowledge, in memoriam, the support of Dr. Joseph Cullen, during whose NCI leadership, a portion of this research was carried out. Correspondence and requests for reprints should be sent to Barbara A. Berman, Division of Cancer Control, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 1100 Glendon Ave., Suite 711, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Despite significant change in smoking patterns among women during the 1980s, the toll in tobacco-related morbidity and mortality remains high and will continue to rise for some diseases (e.g., lung cancer). Women with lower educational attainment are at particularly high risk for smoking initiation and continuation. Advances in gender-specific knowledge regarding the processes of initiation, cessation, and relapse provide more specific opportunities for targeted intervention. Strategies for change involve media, clinical approaches, and public health efforts. Emphasis needs to be placed on tailoring the message and on utilizing innovative channels through which women can be effectively reached. Advocacy groups are targeting public policies affecting women. Ongoing gender-specific research is needed in the next decade.
AB - Despite significant change in smoking patterns among women during the 1980s, the toll in tobacco-related morbidity and mortality remains high and will continue to rise for some diseases (e.g., lung cancer). Women with lower educational attainment are at particularly high risk for smoking initiation and continuation. Advances in gender-specific knowledge regarding the processes of initiation, cessation, and relapse provide more specific opportunities for targeted intervention. Strategies for change involve media, clinical approaches, and public health efforts. Emphasis needs to be placed on tailoring the message and on utilizing innovative channels through which women can be effectively reached. Advocacy groups are targeting public policies affecting women. Ongoing gender-specific research is needed in the next decade.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0899-3289(05)80038-0
DO - 10.1016/S0899-3289(05)80038-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 1821282
AN - SCOPUS:0026294941
SN - 0899-3289
VL - 3
SP - 221
EP - 238
JO - Journal of Substance Abuse
JF - Journal of Substance Abuse
IS - 2
ER -