SMOKING: A HIGHLY POTENTIAL CAUSE OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
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The Smoking Phenomenon: A Brief

Puffing away a cigarette or smoking other tobacco containing products is no longer in fashion, in fact it is a major health hazard as smoking makes people a victim to a range of diseases like cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular diseases and most importantly erectile dysfunction.

Causes Of Smoking Addiction

• Addiction to the harmful chemical nicotine abundantly present in cigarettes and other tobacco containing substances
• The belief that smoking helps to combat stress and anxiety
• The thought that smoking induces weight loss
• Reliance on smoking as an assistance to fall back on when things go utterly wrong
• Association of smoking as an indispensable part of a hip life style

There are also certain other reasons like the common perception that smoking is necessary to mingle with people and broaden one's contacts which has led to the steady growth of cigarette addiction in the society.

Smoking & Erectile Dysfunction: A Statistical Overview

Researches carried out to evaluate the relationship between smoking and erectile dysfunction have derived the following results:

• Reports submitted by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and the British Medical Association (BMA) states that on account of smoking, 120,000 men in the UK within the age group 30-40 have fallen in the grip of erectile dysfunction.
• Experiments conducted on men in their 30s and 40s also point out that smoking increases the risk of impotency in them by 50%.

How Does Smoking Lead To Erectile Dysfunction?

As a person smokes a cigarette, nicotine enters the blood and restricts blood flow to the penis as well as prohibits the storage of enough blood inside the penile tissues and erectile dysfunction becomes the ultimate result.

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