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How Smoking Affects Men's Health

Nicotine affects the sensitive valve mechanism that traps blood in the penis during an erection this is called venous dilation and happens mainly with people who smoke.
Impotence (erectile dysfunction) can stem from a large number of causes of factors. There are many physical and psychological issues that can impair your ability to get hard and firm erections and smoking cigarettes is one of such factors that can lead to erectile problems in men.

Smoking is directly linked to one of society biggest killers "heart disease" and other serious illnesses, like lung cancer and (COPD) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .About 25,000 people in the Britain die each year from this serious lung disease. More than 80% of these deaths are directly linked to cigarette smoking. People who die of COPD are usually unwell for several years before they die.

Impotence and smoking go hand in hand and there is a direct relationship between the two, yet it happens to be the most underestimated causes of erectile dysfunction.

When you get sexually excited, the blood flow to the penis is increased. A large volume of blood flows into the arteries of the penis under pressure and this causes the veins that drain blood out of the penis compressed preventing outflow of blood from the penis. This makes your penis swell and get stiff and an erections is achieved.

Smoking builds plaque in the arteries over time and this restricts blood flow to the penis. Not only this, it also impairs the valve mechanism that is used to store blood inside the penis. This results in erectile dysfunction and you are not able to achieve hard and firm erections.

Smoking also causes other problems, like cancers of the mouth, throat and larynx as well as circulation problems that can affect the arms and legs, that is caused by the hardening of the artery's, which again is attributed to smoking.

The problems caused by smoking are endless and if you do smoke you should be thinking of giving up for all the above reasons. There are many different methods available to help you quit and plenty of free support from various organizations.