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more about #lightingup more comments → pickles.and.olives: i just went on Wellbutrin today...crossing my fingers! i'm so sick of coughing.. more » MilointheMeadow: Also, lung cancer rates are rising rapidly in American women and some scientists believe there might be some kind of genetic link. My grandmother neve... more » misspell: I just looked up "cigarettes" on Wikipedia, and there's this: "Cigarettes are the most frequent source of fires in private homes and the European Unio... more » misspell: My father smoked a pack a day since he was about 14, and developed COPD at about 68 years old. His girlfriend had the same early habit, and she develo... more » whynotshesaid: More proof that my decision to quit smoking was the right one. Although, honestly, just the fact that I once coughed up a wad of green phlegm that was... more » AuntPenny: I'm trying to quit, and I'm doing really well except for the part where I'm not supposed to smoke. Ugh, and I'm a singer, for f*ck's sake. Though it h... more » kkatt: I'm trying to quit and stories like these help. As do the aggressively sad commercials for the New York Smokers Quit hotline. more » PrarieMuffin: I so needed this. I quit about 6 weeks ago, and last night I caved and had one. It tasted gross, and it felt gross, and I knew it was wrong. Just one ... more » nessalicious: I quit 11 days ago, and have asthma, so stories like this are concreting the reasons I quit. That and to save my beautiful face from looking like a le... more » ellaesther: But pot is illegal. I know, not exactly relevant, but, it's where I went. more » EkaterinaBallerina: This does not bode well for me. I was a social smoker for much of college and then quit for good a few years ago when my mild-doesn't-even-bother-me-t... more » saintbernadette: I'm going to have to wait and see what Virginia Slims' spokeshero has to say about this. more » -
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Female Smokers More Susceptible To Lung Damage
A study of smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease revealed that gender wasn't a factor in the disease's severity, but the female sufferers were on average younger and had smoked much less than men. [EurekAlert]
