January 28, 2013

Those women who smoke regularly now more likely to die as a result of Lung Cancer Than it was a few decades ago. According to a recent study published recently in New England Journal of Medicine In today's world, women have a much higher risk of dying if they smoke tobacco.

In the sixties of the last century, scientists have said that smokers than non-smokers women were 2, 7 times more likely to die from lung cancer. Within twenty years, the risk has increased greatly: in the eighties ladies smokers die from lung cancer at 12, 6 times more likely than non-smokers. Today, women who smoke risk of death from cancer is higher in 25, 7 times higher than in non-smokers.

Scientists explain this leap that women now smoke more and more often. If in the sixties man smoked a day a lot more cigarettes, the woman slowly approached the same indicator, and even ahead of the representatives of the stronger sex.

At the same time the risk of death from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease increases among smokers of both sexes. Scientists theorize that there is a relationship that the type of tobacco in cigarettes are mixed, the acidity of such tobacco is low, and therefore the smoke penetrates deeper into the lungs. But if a person completely gives up this harmful habit, the risk of dying from diseases related to smoking, is markedly reduced. Even if people stopped smoking after 40 years, the outlook remains favorable.

By the way, the researchers say that in general the smoking habit for 10 years can reduce a person's life. But if he refuses to smoking, the life expectancy will rise again. The study examined data about 200 thousands. American scientists were able to conclude that the death rate among smokers was three times higher than among non-smokers. Generally, premature death associated with smokers oncological illnesses . heart disease . Respiratory System . In this case, the scientists say the absence of differences between men and women.

It was found that within the study group nonsmokers lived to 80 years of age are twice as likely. Consequently, because of smoking middle-aged people are dying. But even if a person quits smoking in 45-54 years, he can live an average of six years longer. A sixty-year-smokers to quit this habit can secure an additional 4 years of life.