Effects on Men

A study carried out in the US has confirmed that smoking can reduce a man's virility and thus hamper the chain of reproduction. Researchers have studied the sperm of 18 men who have smoked at least four cigarettes a day for more than two years. They compared the sperm function of the smokers with that of non smokers by using a test called Hemizona Assay. They found that sperms from almost two-third of the smokers failed the test not in terms of infertility but in terms of reduced sperm function.

The men who failed the test had lost their sterilizing capacity. A natural chemical in the body & dash acetylcholine had been changed due to tobacco use. Many of the smokers have only 25 percent of the binding capacity of control.