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Male and Female Smokers Have Similar Lung Cancer Risk
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute
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It has been claimed that the risk of getting lung cancer is greater in female cigarette smokers than in male cigarette smokers. However, given equal smoking rates, men and women have a similar susceptibility to lung cancer, according to a new study in the June 2 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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