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Posted: 9/7/05

Passive, Active Smoking Take Similar Toll on Chinese Women

Women in China are as likely to die from secondhand smoke as from being smokers themselves, according to researchers at the University of California at Berkeley.

An estimated 48,400 Chinese women died of diseases related to secondhand smoke (such as lung cancer and heart disease) in 2002, compared to 47,300 female smokers who died of similar diseases.

"The magnitude of the deaths from smoking was not surprising considering the number of smokers in China, but the finding that mortality rates among women for passive smoking were comparable to active smoking was a bit unexpected," said lead researcher Quan Gan.

Far fewer women than men smoke in China -- 4 percent versus 63 percent -- but more than half of Chinese women are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke.

"This is an involuntary risk these women are experiencing," said study co-author S. Katharine Hammond. "And while children were not included in this analysis, other studies have established that passive smoking is known to cause diseases such as pneumonia and asthma among children and low birth weight among newborns."

The researchers will present their findings at the 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate in Beijing. Check it out.

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January 29 - February 1, 2006

ASAP's 9th Annual  Conference
Strengthening Families & Empowering Communities

Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers
New York, New York

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September is National Recovery Month
 

September 12, 2005
Addiction Professionals Day
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3:30 - 5:30 pm Annual Membership Meeting
open to all members at no charge

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Awards Reception
Recognition of Outgoing,
OASAS Credentialing Board Members
and
IPDA Annual Education & Training Awards Presented

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Dinner & Annual Awards
Celebration of Recovery Dinner followed by
Recognition of ASAP Members nominated for OASAS awards
and
OASAS Statewide Awards Presentation
CASAC of the Year
CASAC-T of the Year
CPP of the Year

Crowne Plaza Hotel
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 Albany, New York   

 Tuesday, September 13, 2005 activities
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OASAS Run for Recovery
ASAP sponsored Finish Line Party
Process Improvement Learning Session

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