andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) (08/17/83)
A study was recently completed which offers strong evidence that the reason the average lifespan of women is longer than that of men is because many more men than women have long histories of tobacco abuse. It seems that when you correct for this factor you find that differences between the average lifespans become insignificant. [Sorry, I can't offer references, I heard this on the radio while driving.] I imagine the Tobacco Institute will offer their usual sense-free rebuttal. -- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!tekecs!andrew) [UUCP] (andrew.tektronix@rand-relay) [ARPA]