Smoking is a nasty habit that severely compromises not only your health, but also of those around you. Smoking causes a strong addiction to those doing it; gradually turning them into slaves, thus bringing harmful consequences that not only affect their health but also their sex life. The smoke damages arteries that supply the male reproductive tract, reason why it not only affects sexual potency, but also fertility.
If you want to have children in a near future, it is important that your partner quits this habit, as this reduces fertility by 75%. This is a very high and unfortunate number, especially for those couples who look to conceive. Do not let this addiction be stronger than your desire for motherhood! Besides, this habit can affect your relationship. How? Since it causes erectile dysfunction, this will certainly lower his self-esteem and fill him with frustration, consequently, bringing problems to your relationship.
Many men believe that smoking will not affect their sex life, but for many years now this has been proven and revealed that it undoubtedly does. Multiple studies have verified that smoking is close related to impotence. In the nineties, American researchers tested three hundred thousand men. Fifty percent of them were smokers in their thirties and forties, and already were not functioning properly sexually.
It is important to quit this addiction as soon as possible, since it has been confirmed that its harmful effects can remain within the body for a long period of time, even if the smoker quit the habit.
But, how does smoking actually damage men´s sex drive and cause erectile dysfunction? Smoking directly damages the capillary blood vessels, making them smaller, which decreases blood flow to the genitals, affecting their response. Male erection is given by a vascular process; bad blood flow translates to bad functioning. Another negative effect is that it causes disorders in the synthesis of nitrous oxide, which is one of the most important substances for male erections.
Smoking not only contains nicotine, but carries an infinite number of harmful substances to the body, which are capable of reducing oxygen in the blood, increasing the person´s heart rate, triglycerides and bad cholesterol. Also, it contains carbon monoxide, tar and formaldehyde, which are carcinogenic substances.
Some smoke because they believe it’s a way to calm anxiety, however, this is somewhat misleading. Smoking is a major cause of death, since it causes heart attacks, lung cancer, throat cancer, angina and other vascular complications. Do not let this addiction damage your relationship. Fight it together and get rid of this harmful habit!
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