Smoking - Causes Of Erectile Dysfunction: Mens Sexual Health
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Smoking
The more cigarettes you smoke per day, the higher your risk of erectile dysfunction, according to several studies. One, which involved more then 4,700 Chinese men, found that smoking a pack a day (20 cigarettes) increased the risk of erectile dysfunction by 60%. The effect of smoking remained significant even after researchers considered other risk factors such as age, blood pressure, and body mass index (a measure of body fat based on height and weight).
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