According to new figures, years later the high rates of smoking among women in the ‘Mad Men’ era of the 1960s is showing after effects.
In 2009 the number of women who were diagnosed with lung cancer was 18,000, according to statistics released by Cancer Research UK.
In 1975 about 22 women out of 100,000 people were affected by the disease but now out of 100,000 women about 39 people are affected.
When it comes to high smoking rates and a rise in cancer cases, there exists a time lag of about 20 to 30 years.