Harder for Women to Stop Smoking

Health Articles - Advertising of cigarettes is often aimed at men than women.But that does not mean the number of female smokersaround the world are not significant. In fact, about 20 percent 

of one billion smokers in the world are women.
 In Indonesia alone, according to the Director General of Disease Control and Environmental Health, Ministry of Health, the percentage of male smokers as much as 65.9% and 4.5% of women.

Harmful additives in it make smokers susceptible to various diseases. Such as heart, lung cancer and stroke. This is what encourages some smokers to stop this unhealthy habit. In terms of quitting smoking , gender was very instrumental, as compared to men, women proved more difficult to quit smoking.  That's according to research conducted by a team of  "The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence"  and  "UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies" . Researchers believe that women find it more difficult to stop the habit because self-confidence to quit is very low.Tobacco also plays a different role in the lives of men and women. 

Although many women quit when pregnant, they will start smoking again after their child was born. This study found that women have a higher intention to quit than men.However, the possibility of successful stops, lower than men.This conclusion is obtained by looking at the results of studies from 1990 to 2007 from the National Health Services.  "Gender, ethnicity, age, level of dependence strongly influence success in quitting smoking , "said a spokesman for investigators such as quoted by the Daily Mail. The study also found thatactive smokers quit a long time can be more easily compared to novice smokers.
Harder for Women to Stop Smoking

source: VIVAnews