More smoking means more prone to Erectile Dysfunction

Healthy men who smoke risk developing Erectile Dysfunction. And the more cigarettes they smoke, the greater the risk of Erectile Dysfunction or Impotence is, according to a new study. The study report says that men who smoked had a 41-percent greater risk of Erectile Dysfunction than men who did not. The same report is published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

The study results meticulously states that men who smoked up to 10 cigarettes per day had a 27-percent greater likelihood of Erectile Dysfunction. Those who smoked 11 to 20 butts a day had a 45-percent greater likelihood of erectile dysfunction. And those who smoked more than 20 cigarettes daily had a-65 percent greater chance of suffering Erectile Dysfunction.The investigators estimate that 22.7 percent of Erectile Dysfunction cases among healthy Chinese men or 11.8 million cases might be caused by cigarette smoking.

And even when cigarette smokers quit, their risk of developing Erectile Dysfunction did not decrease. The risk of Erectile Dysfunction was statistically about the same for former cigarette smokers as for current cigarette smokers, the researchers found.This study really has a strong message for young men. It may grab their attention if they know that smoking is associated with Erectile Dysfunction even in the healthy population.Both smoking and Erectile Dysfunction have often been associated individually with plaque build-up in the arteries, called atherosclerosis. The plaque obstructs blood flow through vessels, causing a host of circulatory problems throughout the body, such as Erectile Dysfunction.