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Middle aged women who are hooked to smoking are 43 percent more likely to hit menopause a year earlier than those who don't light up, findings of a new study suggest.

While men have always been considered to be more prone to cardiac ailments, increasing number of young women are skewing the trend, researchers say.

Women who continue smoking beyond menopause have higher levels of sex hormones and thus run a higher risk of developing chronic diseases than their non-smoking counterparts, findings of a new study show.