SEX AND SMOKING

MEN who regularly smoke may be prematurely stubbing out their sex lives, Australian research shows.
Men who smoked daily were found to be four times more likely to have trouble reaching orgasm than men who did not inhale, according to the La Trobe University study.





Other daily male smokers experienced premature ejaculation at nearly three times the rate of non-smokers.
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Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor, meaning it tightens blood vessels and restricts blood flow. In the long term, it has even been shown to cause permanent damage to arteries. Since a man's erection depends on blood flow, researchers assumed smoking would affect erections. Studies have confirmed this time and again. In a study published in Addiction Behavior, it was shown that just two cigarettes could cause softer erections in male smokers. Results are corroborated by a review of all studies done on impotent men over the last two decades. The research showed that 40 percent of men affected by impotence were smokers, as opposed to 28 percent of the general male population. That is either a really amazing coincidence, or there is a relationship between smoking and male impotence.