even second-hand smoke impairs fertility - Brief Article

Studies show that tobacco smoke impairs women's ability to conceive and reduces sperm count in men, and even second-hand smoke can prove damaging to fertility.

Dr. Michael Hull and his research team reported in Fertility and Sterility that of the over 14,000 pregnancies looked at in the study, women exposed to smoke were about 15 percent less likely to conceive within the period of a year as those in smoke-free atmospheres.

In light of this, Dr. Hull and his colleagues concluded that in couples where the woman is pregnant and in those trying to conceive, smoking by either partner is dangerous.

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