Women smokers at greater risk

HealthZone.ca - Your health - Women smokers at greater risk , Even a few cigarettes a day is not safe, says new international study of pulmonary disease

Women may be more vulnerable to lung damage from smoking than men, according to new research.

In
a study looking at chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital, part of Harvard University
Medical School, and the University of Bergen in Norway found that
female smokers experienced reduced lung function at a lower level of
exposure and at a younger age than male smokers. ...