Smoking Deaths Increase for Women
Smoking is about five times more likely to cause cancer among men than women, but the share of female victims is likely to rise sharply as more women smoke, the World Health Organization said Friday.
A WHO survey of 32 industrialized nations said that about 42% of male cancer deaths annually are linked to smoking. For women the average figure is 8% but rising, the report said.
Women are most endangered in Denmark, Britain and the United States, WHO said. In these countries, an average 15% of all women’s cancer deaths are linked to smoking--nearly twice the overall average.
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