Smoking leads to less increase in life expectancy for less educated women

Life expectancy in Sweden has risen steadily during the last few decades for most groups. One exception is women whose highest educational level is compulsory school. This is mostly because of smoking, says a new dissertation in sociology.’Life expectancy has stayed level in the last 20-30 years for women with only a compulsory schooling in Sweden, but it’s increased for other social groups. A big piece of this puzzle is smoking,’ say Olof Östergren, sociology researcher at Stockholm University.
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