Final results of the 1993 Romanian Reproductive Health Survey show that 22% of women 15-44 years old smoked cigarettes, and 7% were former smokers. Urban residents and residents of Bucharest and Transylvania region were significantly more likely to smoke. The peak ages 25-34 years. Better educated women were more likely to be smokers. The highest proportion of current smokers was among post graduate educated women. 72% of women smoked under 11 cigarettes per day. 27% of sexually active women reported having received mandatory Pap smears. The likelihood of receipt of a Pap smear was greater among Bucharest residents, older women 35-44 years old, married women or ever married women, and highly educated women. 45% of women with a history of Pap testing had annual or biannual testing. 44% of women reported never having received routine gynecological examinations. Periodic gynecologic examinations increased with increasing age and were correlated with educational attainment and socioeconomic status. High parity women had fewer exams. The absence of health complaints was given as the most important reason for not having exams among rural women, young adults, never married women, and women with lower educational and socioeconomic status. Knowledge of breast self examination (BSE) was low among rural women (29%) compared to women in Bucharest (62%) and urban women (50%). Over 50% of women 30 years and older had knowledge of BSE, compared to only 23% among the youngest women. Childless and unmarried women were the least informed. 19% of women reported conducting self-exams for breast cancer monthly. The likelihood of performing BSE was lower among uneducated women and women with a 4 or higher parity. Sexually active women who never had a gynecologic exam were the least likely to practice monthly BSE. - See more at: http://www.popline.org/node/292474#sthash.nltCYUDW.dpuf