Women's lung cancer rates rising

BRITAIN is dealing with a soaring number of women with lung cancer - a legacy from the 1970s, when women in the UK were most likely to smoke.

LUNG cancer rates for British women have risen more than a fifth in the last two decades with a record 20,000-plus cases now being diagnosed each year.

THE soaring number of victims is a legacy of the 1970s, when women in the UK were most likely to smoke.