Women Who Smoke Risk Heart Disease

women who smoke higher risk of developing heart disease than men, according to researchers of University of Minnesota and Johns Hopkins University, studies using data from 2 million people are found, in women, smoking increases the risk of heart disease by 1.25 times compared with men and greater risk for smoking for longer, this increased risk may be due to physiological differences between men and women, but more studies are needed again, it is unclear whether the mechanism behind the difference in the risk of coronary heart disease is in terms of biological or related to the difference in smoking behavior between men and women.

In most countries, smoking rates higher for men compared to women, but more men who quit smoking compared to women, is alarming is the tobacco industry that sees women as a growing market and could reap greater profits.