It takes decades for the cancerous effects to develop. Smoking was not seen as fashionable for women during that period.
However, since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "smoking 'cancer trends' history" to get these possible sources:
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http://news.google.com/archivesearch?client=safari&rls=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=smoking+%22cancer+trends%22&um=1&scoring=t&sa=X&oi=archive&ct=title
http://www.newash.org.uk/ash_ll0izj46.htm
In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search.
I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
I've got two questions which I do not understand...
a)In the early 1920's, shortly after world war I, smoking became fashionable for men. Why did lung cancer rates not increase until the 1950's?
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b)Suggest a reason why no comparable increase in lung cancer in women occured during the same period.
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