Women who smoke like men, die like men

Smoking has become substantially riskier for women during the past 50 years, say researchers. Analyses from two historical and five contemporary US cohorts suggest that the risks for women are now about the same as they are for men. Smokers of both sexes are now about 25 times more likely than never smokers to die of lung cancer, between 22 and 25 times more likely to die of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and nearly three times more likely to die of ischaemic heart disease. Mehr