Looks like there is more reasons for women to quit smoking now that there is more proof that smoking is harmful for the fairer sex.
“Smoking is more harmful to women” – That’s what the USA researchers said in May 2009.
They said women who smoke develop lung damage earlier in life than men and it takes less cigarette exposure to cause damage in women compared to men.
Dr Inga-Cecolic Soerheim and researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the University of Brigham in Norway said that their analysis showed that “women may be more vulnerable to the effects of smoking”.
The good doctor presented this at the American Thoracic Society in San Diego and she said her team analyzed 954 people in Norway with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which includes lung problems from chronic bronchitis to emphysema. In the study 60% were men and the rest were women. All were current or former smokers. Overall both groups had similar lung impairment. They looked at folks under 60 years old and lighter smokers, they found women had more severe disease and worse lung function thatn mean.
“This means that female smokers in our study experienced reduced lung function at a lower level of smoking exposure and at an earlier age than men,” said Dr Soerheim. She suspected that the difference is related to anatomy. Because the fairer sex has smaller airway and that could make each cigarette potentially more dangerous. Also hormones may have a contributing role too.
Some believe that a few cigarettes a day is OK but just like the doctor said “in the low exposure group in this study, half the women actually had severe COPD.”
Perhaps, women, you should find out more about quitting smoking. I have some additional reading to suggest to you:
Additional Reading on lung detox and quit smoking:
Lung Detox
Quit Smoking Right Now program by Rick Beneteau
Hypnosis To Change Your Life by Steve G Jones.
“Smoking is more harmful to women” – That’s what the USA researchers said in May 2009.
They said women who smoke develop lung damage earlier in life than men and it takes less cigarette exposure to cause damage in women compared to men.
Dr Inga-Cecolic Soerheim and researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the University of Brigham in Norway said that their analysis showed that “women may be more vulnerable to the effects of smoking”.
The good doctor presented this at the American Thoracic Society in San Diego and she said her team analyzed 954 people in Norway with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which includes lung problems from chronic bronchitis to emphysema. In the study 60% were men and the rest were women. All were current or former smokers. Overall both groups had similar lung impairment. They looked at folks under 60 years old and lighter smokers, they found women had more severe disease and worse lung function thatn mean.
“This means that female smokers in our study experienced reduced lung function at a lower level of smoking exposure and at an earlier age than men,” said Dr Soerheim. She suspected that the difference is related to anatomy. Because the fairer sex has smaller airway and that could make each cigarette potentially more dangerous. Also hormones may have a contributing role too.
Some believe that a few cigarettes a day is OK but just like the doctor said “in the low exposure group in this study, half the women actually had severe COPD.”
Perhaps, women, you should find out more about quitting smoking. I have some additional reading to suggest to you:
Additional Reading on lung detox and quit smoking:
Lung Detox
Quit Smoking Right Now program by Rick Beneteau
Hypnosis To Change Your Life by Steve G Jones.
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