Fewer women smoking in New York: survey |
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Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:38
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NEW YORK (AP) - Smoking has dropped sharply among the city's women since 2002, according to a survey released Monday by health officials.The number of female smokers over 18 dropped from 630,000 in 2002 to 507,000 in 2005, the last year for which numbers were available, according to the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Community Health Survey, a random telephone survey of 10,000 residents.'Women are taking charge of their health,' city health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Frieden said. 'And for tobacco companies, that's bad news.'Frieden singled out the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., which is using pink packaging and fashion magazine ads to market a new cigarette brand aimed at women called Camel No. 9.'R.J. Reynolds' new products are a shameless effort to reverse the gains women are making,' Frieden said.Cressida Lozano, vice president for marketing of the Camel brand at Reynolds American, has said that Camel No. 9 is about 'giving adult smokers a choice with products we believe are more appealing than existing products.'According to the health department numbers, the smoking rate among women fell from 20 percent in 2002 to 16 percent in 2005. During the same period, only one new smoker in four was a woman, the survey found.Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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