We all know that smoking is harmful and detrimental to health, and we are not surprised that tobacco very directly affects fertility and the ability to conceive a child, whether it is the man who smokes or the woman. However, Spain continues to be a country with many smokers of reproductive age. According to the figures that Ser Padres has been able to access, 30 percent of women of reproductive age are smokers in our country.
How does tobacco affect female fertility?
To better understand how tobacco affects fertility, the Ser Padres team has prepared the following data that we believe will be of interest to you:
- Tobacco components affect the maturation process of ovarian follicles.
- Women who consume tobacco usually have worse oocyte and embryonic quality, chromosomal anomalies increase, and their menopausal age can be brought forward between one and four years.
- To give us an idea, the combination of obesity, tobacco and caffeine (very common) reduces the probability of having a child by 30%. Hence, when a couple is looking to have a baby, it is very important that they do not smoke, that they control the level of caffeine they ingest and that they have a controlled diet in order not to gain extra kilos. Warning! This recommendation is for both men and women.
Tobacco and male fertility
- Not only female fertility is affected by habitual tobacco consumption: smoking also negatively influences the quality of sperm in men.
- Nicotine and some toxins found in the composition of cigarettes can cause sperm DNA fragmentation. This causes damage to the genetic material of the sperm, which consequently makes it difficult to achieve pregnancy.
Smoking and assisted reproduction
Smoking also does not help couples who have to resort to assisted reproduction to try to have a baby. Quite the opposite. Smoking hinders the process and puts the success of the treatment at risk. In fact, according to data collected by Ser Padres:
- If they have to resort to assisted reproduction treatment, smoking women have more problems when it comes to getting pregnant, as Dr. Victoria Verdú, gynecology coordinator at the Ginefiv clinic, explains to us.
- The effect that tobacco has on them is comparable to being ten years older, which implies that during treatment more medication is required for ovarian stimulation, greater cancellation of assisted reproduction cycles and lower implantation rates.
The Ministry of Health makes resources available to you to quit tobacco. Quitting smoking is possible. Every year thousands of people do it. Join. Check out your smoking cessation program here.
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