Cigarette use increases the risk of impotence by 40 percent
March 23, 2006

Researchers have observed that men who smoke a packet of cigarettes a day are almost 40 per cent more likely to be impotent as compared to non-smokers. In a study of more than 8,000 men aged between16 to 59 years of age, it has been found that about one in ten reported suffering erection problems for a month or more in the previous year.

Those who smoked fewer than 20 cigarettes a day were 24 per cent more likely to report impotence problems, while those who smoked a packet or more each day were 39 per cent more likely. Anti-smoking campaigners said the research should encourage more people to give up to avoid the embarrassment and distress of impotence.

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