Women have been noted to have a higher incidence of

women have been noted to have a higher incidence of acute and chronic respiratory problems
when tobacco use is involved as opposed to that of men (Singh & Zahn, 2017). Furthermore,
women related to men who are smokers or have a higher incidence of genetical respiratory
disease (Howraman, Backer, Kyvik, Skytthe, & Thomsen, 2014)
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