Expert warns men, women 'smoking away their babies' - Daily Post Nigeria

Expert warns men, women ‘smoking away their babies’

Dr Abosede Lewu, an obstetrician and gynecologist, has warned that male and female smokers experience a higher infertility rate than non-smokers.Lewu explained that cigarettes contain harmful chemicals like nicotine, cyanide and carbon monoxide.

She said in pregnant women, smoking causes miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, anomalies in babies, damaged baby’s lungs, preterm contractions and makes the baby small.“In men, smoking can reduce sperm count, affect ability of sperm to move, cause abnormal sperm with damaged DNA, reduce volume of semen and decrease the sperm’s ability to fertilise egg,” she said.

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