National Women’s Health Week: The Dangers of Using Tobacco
Products By: Lawrence R. Deyton, M.S.P.H., M.D. Crosspost from
FDA Voice The health of every American is of the utmost
importance to the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates
the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of tobacco
products. Our Center for Tobacco Products works to improve
public health, with the goal of making sure that tobacco-related
death and disease is part of America’s past, not its
future.National Women’s Health Week, May 13-19, provides an
opportunity for us to reach out and remind the women in our
lives about the dangers of tobacco use and exposure to second-
hand smoke — which claims the lives of nearly 200,000 women
every year. Never starting to use tobacco products and quitting
tobacco use – for those who do use tobacco – is proven to lead
to longer and healthier lives for everyone. There is no question
that tobacco use is dangerous to women. Just consider a few of
the facts: - An estimated 173,940 women die every ye