What is the primary cause for the increased incidence in lung cancer among women during the past 20 years?
A. Women now have a longer life expectancy than men.
B. Cigarette smoking among women increased dramatically 50 years ago.
C. More women now work in the industrial setting than in previous decades.
D. Increased use of oral contraceptives combined with air pollution has driven the incidence of lung cancer up in women.
B
Lung cancer is caused mainly by cigarette smoking and has a latency period of approximately 30 years or more. The acceptance of smoking among women and its dramatic increase after World War II are the causes of the increased incidence of lung cancer seen among women for the past 2 decades.
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