Smoking

Smoking and IVF

*Retrospective analysis of 389 consecutive patients undergoing first cycle IVF was performed.
*Smoking status did not significantly affect pregnancy outcome, live birth rate or any other indicated outcome
*21.4% of IVF patients in this study had past or present exposure to cigarette smoking with no measurable effect on IVF outcome.

Hum Reprod. 2006 Nov;21(11):2930-4. Epub 2006 Jul 13. Wright et al

Smoking & Alcohol

*Only 12% alcoholics and six per cent smokers showed normozoospermia compared to 37 % nonalcoholic nonsmoker males.
*Teratozoospermia, followed by oligozoospermia dominated alcoholics.
*Overall impact of asthenozoospermia and teratozoospermia, but not of oligozoospermia, was observed in smokers.

*CONCLUSIONS:
*Alcohol abuse targets sperm morphology and sperm production.
*Smoke-induced toxins primarily hamper sperm motility and seminal fluid quality.
*Progressive deterioration in semen quality is related to increasing quantity of alcohol intake and cigarettes smoked.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2010 Jan-Mar;53(1):35-40.Gaur et al