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At ASH Wales we would like to offer you the chance to tell us what's going on in your local community. You may have important news of developments in your area, you may have an update on fund-raising activities, about the smoking ban or news regarding people in your community fighting against the ill's of tobacco. Whatever your information, this is the place to post it! So use the section below to submit your story to ASH Wales.

Your stories will be read by someone in the ASH Wales Team and will be posted within a few days into a topic that most suits your story. Only your first name will be used with the story or tip.

This section is for everyone to share ideas and experiences to help each other quit smoking. We reserve the right to only publish stories that fit with this aim.

The views and opinions that are expressed in the stories and tips in this section do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions held by ASH Wales.

We reserve the right to use your stories and tips within the site and other publications without seeking permission or providing compensation. In all cases, your privacy will be respected and you will only be identified by your first name.

We welcome ideas, suggestions, concepts and techniques from you, however, if you are not happy with us using these ideas without seeking permission or compensation, provide them through the Contact us form.

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Smoking & Health

Women who use combined oral contraceptives are at increased risk of heart disease. Because the risk of heart disease in young women is low, the benefits of using the pill generally outweigh the risks for young women who do not smoke. Among pill-users who smoke, however, the risk of having a heart attack is some 20 times higher.

Tobacco Industry quotes:

In 1973 a R.J. Reynolds executive was quoted as saying:

"It should be said that we are presently, and I believe unfairly, constrained from directly promoting cigarettes to the youth market. If our company is to survive and prosper, over the long term we must get our share of the youth market. - Thus we need new brands designed to be particularly attractive to the young smoker, while ideally at the same time appealing to all smokers. Perhaps these questions may be best approached by consideration of factors influencing pre-smokers to try smoking, learn to smoke, and become confirmed smokers."

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