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Smoking can increase the risk factor of erectile
dysfunction: study
September 28, 2007
Smoking can lead to erectile dysfunction in men who smoke.Many
new research found the evidence that smoking may be a major cause
of erectile dysfunction, so those men who smoke more cigarettes
greater the risk of erectile dysfunction. It's important to remember
that many things other than smoking may raise the risk of erectile
dysfunction, including stress, hypertension, alcoholism, diabetes.
Erectile dysfunction,
better known as impotence is inability of a man to develop or maintain
a complete erection to intercourse.
"The association between cigarette smoking and erectile dysfunction
was found in earlier studies," said author Dr. Jiang He, Ph.D
an epidemiologist with Tulane University School of Public Health
and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, in a news release. Study also
found that former smokers among patients with high blood pressure
are 11 times more affected from erectile dysfunction than non smokers.
Study revealed that Men who smoked more than 20 cigarettes in a
day had a 60% greater risk of erectile dysfunction, as compared
to men who never smoked.And even when cigarette smokers quit, it's
not means their risk of developing or achieving ED did not reduce.
The risk of erectile dysfunction or impotence was statistically
about the similar for ex-cigarette smokers as for current cigarette
smokers, the authors found.
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So it's yet another strong reason to quit smoking especially for
young men. | 
