PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - Anorectic, Menopause, Gender Role
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What factors account for sex differences in health: health behaviours, smoking: 1/5 canadians have regular tobacco use. In the 1950"s women smoked half as much as males. After the women"s movement women took up smoking at a higher rate than men. Today women are initiating smoking at a higher rate than males and are quitting at a slower rate than males. Tobacco companies now that men have hit their peek for smoking cigarettes and now they are putting a higher emphasis on selling cigarettes to young girls. Males (24. 3%) smoke more than females (18. 5%), which may contribute to the higher mortality rate among males. However, the sex gap in smoking rates is decreasing: Smoking rates have decreased over the last several decades. Females who smoke are at greater risk for developing lung cancer than males who smoke (odds ratio of developing lung cancer = 1. 2 1. 7; ernster, 1996; shriver et al. ,
