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Women and Tobacco: Searching for Global Solutions

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The challenge of solving the problem of women and tobacco is massive, global and complicated. While some key gains have been made, primarily in the developed world, there are also some persisting issues and resistant groups. The gravity of the looming tobacco epidemic in the developing countries is sure to press on women very heavily.

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  1. Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children, Fanshawe College, 946 Wellington Street North, London, Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 3S9, Canada

    Lorraine Greaves

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  1. Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France

    Karen Slama

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Greaves, L. (1995). Women and Tobacco: Searching for Global Solutions. In: Slama, K. (eds) Tobacco and Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1907-2_8

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