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articel-active & passive

The number of Indonesian smokers around 60 million and the number of female smokers in the estimate of 2.1 million. So far indeed more men, but every year the number of female smokers continue to rise.
The prevalence of female smokers in 2001 was 1.3 percent and rose to 4.5 percent in 2004, according to the National Economic Social Survey 2004, in fact TembakauIndonesia. This year the estimated 5 percent of women in Indonesia who smoke.
By the higher number of women smokers is unfortunate. According to the Minister of Health, Endang Rahayu, it was caused partly by the imaging campaign of the tobacco industry. Hence the theme of Anti-Tobacco Day theme this year's World Women and Smoking Issues.
In addition to being active smokers, were far more women who become passive smokers. An estimated 65.6 million women and 43 million children in Indonesia exposed to smoke. This occurs because 91 percent of smokers smoke at home, not far from his wife and children. In fact, the dangers of passive smoking with active smokers.
A woman will be the prospective mother. Babies born to smoking mothers at risk of fetal defects, low birth weight, and even mental disorders. Cigarettes contain thousands of toxins that can threaten the safety of the fetus, because it is mothers who smoke during pregnancy are similar to poison the fetus intentionally.
Smoking is also a trigger of various diseases, such as lung cancer, cervical cancer, heart attack, or asthma. Research shows that women smokers who use birth control pills are at risk of heart attacks, strokes, and blockage of blood vessels 10 times greater than non-smokers.