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September 4, 2023 | 12:03 PM
Male e-cigarette users are losing more than just their tobacco habit.
A new study on male rats shows that vaping can reduce testicle size, interfere with sexual desire, and reduce sperm count.
Scientists in Turkey measured the size of rats’ testicles before and after exposing them to cigarette smoke and e-cigarette vapor, and identified biomarkers of stress in the blood and reproductive organs.
However, researchers confirmed that the effects of traditional cigarette smoke on male genitalia are even worse, as previous studies have suggested.
Rats exposed to e-cigarette vapor had a sperm count of 95.1 million per milliliter, compared with 98.5 million sperm per milliliter in rats not exposed to nicotine substances.
However, the group of rats exposed to cigarette smoke had the lowest sperm count of all three, at 89 million sperm per milliliter. They also had the smallest testes and weighed less than rats exposed to e-cigarette vapor or controls.
“The following should be considered, but [e-cigarette] “Although liquids are presented as harmless in smoking cessation studies, they can increase oxidative stress and cause morphological changes in the testicles,” the researchers wrote in the report. published this month It was published in the Spanish magazine “Revista Internacional de Andrología”.
In Denmark in 2020 Researchers also discovered Although men who used e-cigarettes daily had significantly lower total sperm counts than those who did not use e-cigarettes, the study’s authors believe that these results may be due to the fact that e-cigarettes are promoted as an effective method. It states that more human data is needed to support this. People quit their smoking habit.
“To be a safe option in smoking cessation research, we need to educate people about the effects of smoking cessation on people,” the researchers concluded.
An estimated 12 million adults use e-cigarettes, and despite age restrictions, millions more children and teens are joining the vaping population.
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In addition to the risks currently associated with e-cigarette use, such as lung damage and poor mental health, e-cigarettes have also previously been linked to impaired fertility. according to Life magazine warns against the idea that e-cigarettes are a “safe” alternative to cigarettes.
For people who are having problems with infertility or getting pregnant, doctors first advise smokers to quit. However, a growing body of research into the composition and effects of vapor liquids indicates that e-cigarettes may not be an ideal replacement for tobacco products for people struggling with fertility.
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