Smoking increases the risk of erectile dysfunction by around 50% for men in their 30s and 40s. Diabetes, high cholesterol levels and drugs used to treat high blood pressure are also important risk factors.


Labels on cigarette packs and other tobacco products should contain warnings about the threat to men's sexual health. A new European Union Directive will soon replace the existing Directive (89/622/EEC) which specifies the current warnings. Cigarettes sold in Thailand now carry impotence warnings, and the idea is also under consideration in Hong Kong


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