Tobacco Use

Women smokers have higher risk of lung cancer than men smokers, but lower lung cancer death rate

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 1st, 2006

Women who smoke appear to be more susceptible to lung cancer than men who smoke, though women smokers have a lower rate of lung cancer-related death, according to a study in a recent issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.

In 2006 in the United States, it is estimated that lung cancer will cause 73,020 deaths in women, proportionately only slightly fewer than the estimated 90,470 deaths in men. Lung cancer now accounts for more deaths in women than any other cancer, more even than the second and third cancer killers (breast and colon cancer) combined, according to background information in the article. It has been hypothesized that women are more...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-08-01)

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