Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
The other very unfortunate thing that cigarette smoking causes--and it's not as well publicized as the other conditions like cancer or heart disease or high blood pressure but it goes right along with poor vascular health--is erectile dysfunction. My husband is asked to prescribe Viagra or something like it at least twice a day by his patients. Smoking leads to problems in the bedroom for many, many men, and yet a huge number of them aren't aware that it can have that effect, too.

When I was still smoking cigarettes, years ago, my wife (then girlfriend), wanted me to quit smoking. She used to gather various information about smoking and health to give me, and once showed me a health report with basically the same information contained in the above posting. I just asked her if she remembers how I reacted, but she only recalls that I "went nuts" on her. I didn't have an erectile dysfunction problem, but I soon quit tobacco anyway. I went to a doctor from China who used acupuncture . I don't know if this helped, but I never smoked tobacco again.