* For men who are looking for that ...

* For men who are looking for that last reason to stop smoking, researchers may have erect it. A study in the International Journal of Impotence Research reports that heavy smoking is a significant risk factor for erectile dysfunction (ED) The reflection included 860 men, ranging in age from 18 to 44 representing three groups: circulating smokers, former smokers, and none smokers. Researchers found that smoking was the risk factor greatest in quantity frequently associated with ED. Heavy smoker (those who smok 20 or more cigarettes a day) were 25 times more likely to make known ED than those deemed light smokers

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