Yale Medicine School: The Importance of Considering Sex and Gender in Tobacco Regulation
June 03, 2023
June 03, 2023
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, June 3 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news:
A recent JAMA Viewpoint highlights the fact that women, compared to men, are at greater risk for adverse health outcomes from tobacco smoking, become dependent more rapidly, have a more difficult time quitting and maintaining tobacco abstinence, and are targeted differently in tobacco advertising.
Women and men also smoke for different reasons. Men smoke largely for the direct . . .
A recent JAMA Viewpoint highlights the fact that women, compared to men, are at greater risk for adverse health outcomes from tobacco smoking, become dependent more rapidly, have a more difficult time quitting and maintaining tobacco abstinence, and are targeted differently in tobacco advertising.
Women and men also smoke for different reasons. Men smoke largely for the direct . . .