| Show Increase of Women WOlDen Smokers by Debi A The increased incidence of smoking in women has caused an escalation of lung disease in the female population of this country Lung cancer emphysema and have shown marked increases in women over the recent years Lung cancer at one time was much more prevalent in the male segment of the American society Since there has been a marked increase in the female indulgence in the popular vice of smoking lung cancer has shown that it no longer favors only the men in our society Tl This s. s disease has increased from eight casualties per hundred to twenty-six twenty per hundred This increase has been in the last ten years thus proving that smoking is a contributing factor in the disease process Emphysema a failure of the alveoli of the lung is now on the increase in women The heat from the smoke along with the tars and have been found to be among the causative agents in this chronic disease With the increase in female smoking the incidence of this disease has skyrocketed in women There is now an equal percentage of the male and female population afflicted with this is a combination of lung damage similar to emphysema and is sometimes classified with that disease It is however more extensive and causes much distress in our older population Women again were favored with a smaller number of cases of this disease for many years but as smoking by females increased so did the disease which was once thought to be the province of the American male now is found in both sexes with equal frequency This once again shows that smoking is a contributing factor to disease Women in their search for equality with men have not done themselves any favor in taking up the habit of smoking as asan asan asan an equalizer Smoking has made us equal in many ways mostly in the amount of lung damage and disease that women now have Smoking has caused an increase in many lung diseases and since the female population is the one to have increased their smoking they are also the ones to increase their diseases |
