Recently the high court reversed a huge ruling against the tobacco industry on behalf of all consumers who are smokers, which awarded a large class action group an amount of $145 billion. Seemed a little excessive to me, especially when these people obviously chose to smoke, even knowing the health hazards smoking causes.

So what about smoking and sexual health? Is there any real impact to a man’s sexual health if you smoke?

As a matter of fact, it does affect male sexual health, and not in a good way (I know, what a shock!). It actually affects both male and female sexual behavior and their reproductive systems adversely.

In men, a cigarette smoking habit can have a profound impact on their sex lives. It can actually decrease both the quality and quantity of sperm production, and can also (drumroll please), cause erectile dysfunction - which we all know, is a consistency of inability to sustain an erect penis which can be deemed sufficient enough for reasonably sustained sexual intercourse).

Not only that, the ejaculate of smoking men vs. non smoking men is considerably less, which means usually less intense orgasms. So, yes, I’d say that cigarette smoking definitely impacts the quality of sex for men as well as women.

Smoking also adversely affects the hormone production in men, which is a direct cause of less sexual satisfaction and low sexual desire, which are both linked to cigarette smoking.