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Fact 12
When women quit smoking, they improve the health of the people around as well.
Mothers who give up smoking improve the odds that their children will grow up
to be tobacco-free and lead healthier, longer lives.
Mothers who give up smoking improve the odds that their children will grow up
to be tobacco-free and lead healthier, longer lives.
SOURCE: Leistikow, B, et al., 'Estimates of Smoking-Attributable Deaths at Ages 15-54, Motherless or Fatherless Youths, and Resulting Social Security Costs in the United States in 1994,' Preventive Medicine 30(5): 353-360, May 2000, and state-specific data provided by the author.
