Women who smoke are likely to begin to enter menopause before age 45 years and also make them face the risk of osteoporosis and heart attacks, so some researchers report Norway.
"Among many as 2123 women aged 59 to 60 years, those who currently smoked, 59% more likely to experience premature menopause compared with women who did not smoke," said Dr. Thea F. Mikkelsen of the University of Oslo and colleagues.