Hi, Anarchydog. GREAT posts about Liz and her ravenous smoking. From your descriptions I'd say she is one intense smoker. She doesn't just smoke cigarettes; she devours them, one after another in short order. She has an insatiable hunger for the very thing that has already inflicted such damage and will continue to do no less. She even wolfs down the lights when her preferred brand is the Reds. Sorry to say, but the way her smoking is going she probably will become a smoking statistic sooner rather than later. As for your question I read or heard somewhere that women have smaller lungs than do men(no surprise, of course), so their lungs take a bigger hit and they also have a harder time breaking the addiction. I'm not sure if that is the response you seek here, but I hope it is of some use to you. Meanwhile, your posts on this topic are more than welcome. Please do keep us updated as circumstances warrant.