Heart disease

Women who smoke have a 25 per cent higher risk of developing heart disease than men smokers, scientists have warned.
The risk ratio of smoking compared with not smoking for coronary heart disease was found to be 25 per cent higher in women than men.

Heart disease

"Despite smoking fewer cigarettes than men on average, they may smoke more of the cigarette. That risk increased by 2 percent for every year the women smoked, compared with men who smoked equally as long, Huxley and Woodward found.

Heart disease

Huxley noted that they also found a higher risk for lung cancer among women who smoked, compared with men. "Women who smoked had twice the risk of dying from lung cancer, compared to men," she said.

Woman ashing cigarette in ashtray Aug. 10, 2011 -- Women smokers run a 25% higher risk than male smokers of developing coronary heart disease, according to a recent study. Risk Increases
Women, on average, smoke fewer cigarettes per day than men, and in many countries the smoking epidemic in women has been much shorter in duration.