Here is another reason quitting smoking would be an important step to living a healthy lifestyle. I was sent this article and wanted to share it as well.

Is Smoking Tougher on Women?

By Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay Reporter

Research suggests they’re more susceptible to dangers of tobacco

SUNDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) — Women may be more vulnerable than men to the carcinogens and other noxious substances in cigarette smoke, a growing body of research suggests.

In one study of nearly 700 people with lung cancer, Swiss experts found that women tended to be younger when they received the diagnosis, even though they smoked less than the men who developed lung cancer.

In another study, researchers from Harvard University and the University of Bergen in Norway evaluated more than 950 men and women with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), known to be linked to smoking. The result: The women with COPD were younger when they got the diagnosis and had smoked less than the men with the respiratory ailment.

“Maybe women are more susceptible to the lung-damaging effects of smoking,” said Dr. Inga-Cecilie Soerheim, a visiting research fellow at Harvard and a researcher at the University of Bergen, who led the COPD study. She presented the findings in May at the American Thoracic Society’s annual conference.

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