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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
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| | Chapter 14 Pregnancy and fertility |
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| | Pregnancy and fertility: Fertility and Menopause |
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| | Smoking men are at nearly double the risk for cancer-linked sperm mutations than |
| | non-smoking men. |
| | ASH Smoking and Health Review, July-August 1999 (from Fertility and Sterility, |
| | August 1999) |
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| | Smoking more than 10 cigarettes daily has been linked to 10% to 15% lower sperm |
| | counts compared to nonsmoking men. |
| | Reuters, March 23, 1998 |
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| | Smoking drastically reduces fertility in women. |
| | Reuters, October 5, 1998 (from October 1998 Fertility and Sterility) |
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| | Women who smoke are 20% less fertile because of nicotine effects on ovulation. |
| | Kevin Ferentz, M.D. |
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| | Women who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day are 40% more likely to enter |
| | menopause earlier than nonsmokers. |
| | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 51:1271, 1998 |
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| | Females who smoke have a 28% reduction in fertility, and are 3.4 times more likely to |
| | take longer than a year to become pregnant. Heavy smokers have only 57% of the |
| | pregnancy rate of non-smokers. |
| | JAMA, May 24, 1985, p. 2979 |
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