Annual Congress Berlin 2008

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PG11 - Tobacco addiction in women

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)
Aims: This course addresses a major emerging issue in respiratory health, the increasing problem of tobacco addiction in women and the health consequences.
The main aim is to provide participants with a state-of-the-art update on:
-the sharp worldwide rise of female tobacco smoking;
-the efforts the tobacco industry is making to recruit new smokers among women;
-knowledge that there are several sex-specific health effects of women smoking;
-evidence that treatment of tobacco addiction is, to some extent, specific in women.

Weight, tobacco and women K. Gallopel (Rennes, France)
The health consequences of female tobacco use and effects on pregnancy E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey)
The treatment of tobacco addiction C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)