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Spirit Medium, Bangkok, Thailand

Smoking as few as 3 cigarettes a day for women (or 3 grams of tobacco in another form) significantly increases the risk of having a myocardial infarction or dying from some other cause. These risks were roughly 1½ times greater in women than in men. The findings together with similar results from other studies, reinforces the fallacy of "cutting down" as an escape from the dangers of smoking.

 

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[ The Copenhagen City Heart Study. E. Prescott, H. Scharling, M. Osler, et al., J Epidemiol Community Health, 2002, vol. 56, pp. 702--706 ]

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