When trying for a baby, it is widely accepted that
prospective mothers should quit smoking.
But, now a new study adds weight to the evidence in
favor of advising fathers to stub out their habit as well.
A team of Brazilian researchers found smoking
damages a man’s sperm, in such a way that can make
fertilization of his partner’s egg impossible.
Past research has shown that tobacco is linked to a
decrease in sperm concentration as well as high sperm
Deoxy ribonucleic Acid (DNA)/genetic material
fragmentation or oxidative stress.
The new study, first published by DailyMailUK Online,
added to a body of evidence, that suggest a man’s
fertility is sensitive to environmental factors, including
obesity, smoking, alcoholism and pollution.
The scientists, based at São Paulo Federal University,
performed sperm function tests on 20 non-smoking
men with normal sperm quality, as defined by the World
Health Organization.

And, the same tests were also performed on 20
smoking patients. All those taking part were aged
between 20 and 50, researchers noted.
They assessed a number of factors, including semen
volume, sperm concentration, sperm motility as well as
sperm morphology.
The authors wrote: “In the present study, we showed
that smoking has a detrimental effect on functional
aspects of sperm.
“Smokers had a lower percentage of sperm with high
DNA integrity, as well as higher percentages of sperm
with mid- to high sperm DNA fragmentation, when
compared with non-smokers.”
Sperm fragmentation can occur for a number of
reasons. The most important of those is due to
oxidative stress.


https://www.today.ng/news/world/150879/smoking-damages-sperm-reducing-chances-fertilization-study


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I'm glad I don't smoke. No offense.

True talk.

coolzeal:
I'm glad I don't smoke. No offense.

if you say so

Wat of some dat smoke weed

Wat of someone dat smoke weed