Smoking is just as lethal for women

Lancet2012; doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61720-6

Between 1996 and 2001, more than one million middle aged women in the UK answered questions about their past and present smoking habits and lifestyles. Twelve years later, 6% had died (66 489/1 180 652), at a mean age of 65 years. Current smokers were three times more likely to die than women who had never smoked (rate ratio …