In a report, the British Medical Association (BMA) estimated 120,000 British men aged 30 to 50 had become impotent because of smoking. Up to 5,000 miscarriages every year were linked to smoking and passive smoking, and tobacco was implicated in 1,200 cases of malignant cervical cancer each year.
Women who smoked were also less likely to become pregnant and reduced their chances of successful fertility treatment.
The BMA published the report on the 50th anniversary of official Government recognition that smoking causes cancer. But health concerns linked to reproductive problems have been less well-documented.
Source: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=490472
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