Percent of American women who are smokers: 21%

Women smokers by Race: American Indian/Alaska Native: 43% White: 22% African American: 21% Hispanic: 13% Asian American: 8%

Likelihood of an American woman being a smoker: 1 in 5

Percent of women smokers living below the poverty line: 29%

Likelihood of a woman exposed to tobacco smoke contracting breast cancer than a women not exposed: 2:1 (Twice as high)

Risk of a woman developing lung cancer as opposed to a man: 2:1

Percent of nonsmoking women, living with a smoker, at risk for developing cervical cancer: 40%

Number of women killed each year by tobacco-related disease: 178,000

Number one cause of preventable death among US women: tobacco-related disease.

Number of women who die prematurely each year due to smoking: 3 MILLION

Year in which lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the leading cancer death among women: 1987

Percent of women who beloeve that breast cancer is the number one cause of cancer death: 80%

Likelihood of passive smoking increasing the risk of breast cancer in nonsmoking women: 260%

Sources: American Cancer Society; CDC, Agency for Health Care Research