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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 12 Impotence |
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| | In men with treated heart disease, the age-adjusted probability of complete impotence |
| | was 56% for current smokers, compared to 21% for nonsmokers. Among men |
| | treated for hypertension, 20% of smokers were impotent compared to 8.5% of |
| | nonsmokers. |
| | Journal of Urology, January 1994, p. 57 |
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| | A new suggested warning label for cigarette packs: Smoking just two cigarettes |
| | constricts blood flow to the penis enough to cause at least temporary impotence. |
| | Associated Press, October 30, 1996 |
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| | Smoking is much more common in impotent men than in the general population. 58 to |
| | 64% of impotent men in several studies were smokers. |
| | Journal of Urology, July 1991, p. 761 |
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| | In a study of sedentary men ages 40 to 55, 21% of smokers reported sexual |
| | dysfunction and erectile failure, compared to only 4% of nonsmokers. |
| | 9th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Paris, 1994 (J. White) |
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| | Smoking's adverse effects on erections and resulting 50% higher risk of impotence is |
| | apparent at about age 40. Smokers also tend to be physiologically about 8 years |
| | older that their chronological age. |
| | Reported in USA Today from American Journal of Epidemiology, December 1994 |
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| | The risk of impotence is increased by 60% in twenty "pack-year" smokers between |
| | the ages of 30 and 50 (one pack per day for twenty years is twenty "pack years"; two |
| | packs per day for ten years also equals twenty "pack years"). |
| | Michael Eriksen, American Society of Addiction Medicine, Atlanta, November 12, |
| | 1993 |
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