Yes folks the evidence is in. Recently a team of researchers from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, examined the association between cigarette smoking and erectile dysfunction in a 2000-2001 study in China involving 7,684 men. The researchers used questionnaires to assess the status of cigarette smoking and erectile dysfunction. Those surveyed were men between the ages of 35-74 who did not have vascular disease so they were dealing with very much a “blank piece of paper” so to speak.
The team found that there was a significant statistical link between the number of cigarettes that men smoked and the likelihood they would experience erectile dysfunction. The association between smoking and erectile dysfunction was even stronger in participants with diabetes. An estimated 22.7 percent of erectile dysfunction cases among Chinese men might be attributable to cigarette smoking says the study.
Although erectile dysfunction is not a life-threatening condition and the increased usage of such drugs as Viagra online can help, it compromises well-being and quality of life. The Tulane study results suggest that smoking prevention should be an important approach for reducing the risk of erectile dysfunction.
So why is this happening? Smoking is known to accelerate atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries. When the blood vessels in the pelvic area are narrowed, that contributes to reduced penile blood flow hence increased “inefficiency” and therefore increased incidences of impotency.
