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As part of the promotional effort by the industry to exploit the market among women, the cigarette companies vastly increased the amount of advertising they placed in womens magazines in the last three years, especially for so-called womens cigarettes, such as Virginia Slims, the campaign for which is keyed to the cry of emancipation Youve come a long way, baby. This particular campaign is probably the most deliberate attempt ever made to exploit the issue of equality between women and men for the sake of selling a demonstrably harmful product, and it is being carried out in the face of a horrifying increase in lung cancer among women smokers
Smoking Status Sperm Count Reduction (%) Non-Smokers 0% Smokers 13-17% In addition to sperm count, smoking negatively affects sperm motility and morphology
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The price more than doubled in one week
Every year, about 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are discarded globally, making them the most littered item on Earth
