Although controversial, smoking has been shown to cause not only a decrease in sperm motility, sperm concentration, and an increase in abnormal sperm morphology, but also genetic and epigenetic aberrations in spermatozoa
Source: The Lancet, Volume 382, Issue , Page S66, 29 November 2013 National figures on smoking prevalence are available, but the researchers wanted to estimate smoking uptake among children, to provide some baseline data to inform efforts for preventive measures, and focus attention and resources on what is essentially a child protection issue. This is because taking up smoking at a young age is an even greater risk to health than starting later in life, they say
This type of therapy uses small amounts of nicotine in gum, tablets or patches
The effects of smoking around your baby also continue as they grow older
As well as the tobacco smoke that is inhaled into a smoker's lungs, there is secondhand smoke which is made up of the smoke exhaled by the smoker and the 'sidestream' smoke from the tip of the cigarette
