Smoking is hazardous to ...Smoking is harmful to sexual and reproductive health, in men and women, from puberty onward; this is the message of a report issued by the British Medical Association The British Medical Association (BMA) is the trade union to which the vast majority of British doctors belong. It is based in Tavistock Square in central London. It owns the "British Medical Journal". in February 2004. (1) Using the most up-to-date data, researchers estimated that 120,000 British men are impotent as a result of the effects of tobacco, 1,200 cases of malignant cervical cancer Cervical Cancer Definition Cervical cancer is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably, forming tumors. and 3,000-5,000 miscarriages each year are related to smoking, and the chances of conception are reduced by 40% per cycle among women who smoke. The investigators also concluded that smokers do not respond as well as nonsmokers to fertility treatment, and they documented the effects of smoking on pregnancy outcomes, as well as the effects of secondhand smoke sec·ond·hand smoke n. Cigarette, cigar, or pipe smoke that is inhaled unintentionally by nonsmokers and may be injurious to their health if inhaled regularly over a long period. Also called passive smoke. on child health. Among the recommendations offered in the report are that employers grant leave with full pay to pregnant workers who cannot be protected from secondhand smoke in the workplace and that tobacco products carry pictorial health warnings that reflect risks to reproductive health. (1.) BMA BMA British Medical Association. Scotland, First report on the impact of tobacco on reproductive and child health is published by the BMA, news release, <http://www.bma.org.uk. ap.nsf.Context/EXT-Press=Release+ Archive+Public>, accessed Mar. 22, 2004. FYI "For your information." See digispeak. FYI - For Your Information is compiled and written by Dore Hollander, executive editor of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. |
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