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Women who smoke cigarettes can expect not only reduced life expectancy and quality of life, but also an increased risk of pregnancy complications, problems with menstrual function, and cervical cancer. A panel talks about new efforts to educate women and girls about the health problems associated with smoking.
Dr. David Satcher, United States Surgeon General
Dr. Diane Stover, chief of pulmonary medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and chair of the American College of Chest Physicians' Task Force on Women, Girls, Tobacco, & Lung Cancer
Poet Deborah Digges' son Stephen's adolescence was harrowing for both of them, as she relates in her new memoir. Mother and son join Diane to talk about the rocky years and about the close relationship they've formed since then.
Deborah Digges, author and poet
Stephen Digges, son of author and poet Deborah Digges
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