By EMMA LITTLE
Published: 24th January 2013
WOMEN smokers are FIVE TIMES more likely to be killed by their habit today than in the 1960s, a major study has revealed.
Lighting up at a younger age than their grannies and smoking more heavily could be to blame. And “light” or “mild” cigarettes may INCREASE the risks — because people inhale more deeply to get a nicotine hit. Tobacco use among women peaked in the 1980s but its health impact was felt many years later.
The study found that quitting at any age dramatically reduces death rates from all major diseases caused by smoking. Giving up altogether was far more effective than reducing the number of cigarettes consumed. Those who quit by the age of 40 avoided nearly all of the excess smoking-related risk of death from lung cancer.
The study by the American Cancer Society involved 2.2 million men and women aged over 55. Research team leader Dr Michael Thun said: “The steep increase in risk among female smokers has continued for decades after the serious health risks from smoking were well established.”
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4759889/Womens-cigarette-death-risk-is-now-worse-than-1960s.html#ixzz2JHjm8A5y
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