Secondhand smoke involuntarily inhaled by nonsmokers from other people's cigarettes is classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a known human (Group A) carcinogen, responsible for approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths annually in U.S. nonsmokers.

Approximately 22.3 million American women are smokers. Current female smokers aged 35 years or older are 12 times more likely to die prematurely from lung cancer than nonsmoking females. More American women die annually from lung cancer than any other type of cancer; for example, lung cancer will cause

an estimated 67,600 female deaths in 2000, compared with 40,800 estimated female deaths caused by breast cancer.

And finally, ask your doctor for help with medications to get you through the process of quitting. Several nicotine replacement products (nicotine gum, patch or nasal spray) and medications, such as Zyban, the new non-nicotine pill, are available to improve your chances of quitting.

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