The Tobacco Reference Guide

by David Moyer, MD.


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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