Heavy smokers 40pc likelier to be impotent
Afp, Paris
Men who smoke more than a pack of cigarettes a day are nearly 40 percent likelier to suffer from impotence than non-smokers, says a study published yesterday. The finding comes from questionnaires answered by 8,367 Australian men, a cross-section of the male population aged between 16 and 59. The study found that erectile dysfunction affected almost 10 percent of respondents -- but smokers were the worst hit. Men who smoked up to 20 cigarettes a day were 24 percent likelier to suffer a bout of impotence than non-smokers. The risk rose to 39 percent among those who smoked more than 20 a day.
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