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Women Get Lung Cancer From Smoking at Same Rates as Men

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By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Women who smoke are just as likely to get lung cancer as men who smoke, a large U.S. study found.

But, women who never smoked appear to be at greater risk of lung cancer than men who never smoked, according to the report from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).