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Health
Smoking 31 Dec 2007
Woman smoking cigarette
Why do women smoke when they know it’s so bad for their health?

Most people know the dangers of smoking, but what are the pleasures, after the smoking ban left smokers huddling outside in the cold? As women are traditionally seen as the nurturing, caring sex, why do we think it’s okay to put a cigarette in our mouths? Is there any glamour, even sexiness, left in a ritual that we know can have such dire consequences? Jane's joined byÌýthe smoker and newspaper columnist Sue Carroll, the ex-smoker and clinical psychologist Cecilia d’FeliceÌýandÌýDr Sarah Jarvis from the Royal College of GPs.Ìý





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