AV Clip 17: Women and Smoking AV 17 Women And Smoking.avi Watch the video clip three times and complete the following passage by filling in each blank with the word from the video clip. One hundred years ago, smoking-related diseases largely affected only men, but since then millions of women have taken up the habit and their health has suffered for it. In 1987 lung cancer (1)__________ breast cancer as the No.1 cancer killer in women. And now new research finds that the women’s lung may be more (2)_________ to damage from cigarette smoke. Doctors in Norway studied nearly 1,000 patients with (3)________ pulmonary obstructive disorder, or COPD, a debilitating lung disease that kills more 120,000 Americans each year. Results show that (4)_________ patients with COPD tend to be younger than men. They are more likely to be (5)__________ before age 60. They also have smoked less, suggesting it takes fewer packs of cigarettes to (6)_________ lung damage in women than it does for men. Researchers have several theories as to why women might be more affected by smoking. Women have smaller airways, and they (7)__________ the chemicals in cigarette smoke at a different rate. Gender difference in genes or (8)__________ may also play a role. Whatever the cause or causes, the message is clear.