Incidence of Lung Cancer among Young Women

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To the Editor: Jemal et al. (May 24 issue)1 conclude that the higher incidence rates of lung cancer among men than among women have reversed among non-Hispanic whites born since the mid-1960s in the United States and that these rates are not fully explained by sex differences in smoking behaviors. However, the authors examined smoking behaviors only in adults between the ages of 30 and 54 years. The reversal in lung cancer incidence between men and women coincides with the reversal observed in the prevalence of smoking among young persons. According to estimates from national surveys,2 the higher prevalence of .