British government goes after smokers' sex lives
The British government launched a series of tough anti-cigarette adverts on Friday with the message that smoking is bad for your sex life because it makes men impotent and women ugly.
The campaign is designed to target young Britons' fears about their sexual attractiveness -- an area the government says is more effective than highlighting general health concerns.
One ad uses a burning cigarette end between two "fingerlegs" as a metaphor for a penis with the strapline "Does smoking make you hard? Not if it means you can't get it up."
Another targets women saying cigarettes lead to premature skin aging and warns that smoking causes "cat's bum mouth."
"We know 70 percent of smokers want to stop smoking, however, with younger people, fears about attractiveness and fertility can be a stronger motivation to quit than fears about health," said Public Health Minister Caroline Flint. The government says smoking increases the risk of erectile dysfunction by around 50 percent for men in their 30s and 40s and that up to 120,000 British men in this age group were impotent as a result of smoking.
A recent survey by NHS Smoking Helpline also found two-thirds of young men and women, and over half of smokers, said smoking reduced sexual attractiveness.
---Reuters
Say Tak Nak and other stuff. The British are saying that smoking is not sexy, smoking affects your sexual attractiveness and your sex lives. Smoking also affects fertility.
Apart from sex, smoking has a profound effect on the heart. Researchers have found that even one cigarette has the potential to cause a heart attack. In a study of heart attack patients, the researchers found that those who smoked a cigarette within six hours of developing symptoms had bigger blood clots in their arteries than those who had not smoked for a longer period of time.
Researchers have tried to figure out the cost of smoking. What they found is as follows :: One cigarette costs 11 minutes of life, a pack of 20 costs three hours 40 minute and a carton of 200 cigarettes costs 1.5 days!
For more on smoking and sex, check out this ASH factsheet.
Apart from sex, smoking has a profound effect on the heart. Researchers have found that even one cigarette has the potential to cause a heart attack. In a study of heart attack patients, the researchers found that those who smoked a cigarette within six hours of developing symptoms had bigger blood clots in their arteries than those who had not smoked for a longer period of time.
Researchers have tried to figure out the cost of smoking. What they found is as follows :: One cigarette costs 11 minutes of life, a pack of 20 costs three hours 40 minute and a carton of 200 cigarettes costs 1.5 days!
For more on smoking and sex, check out this ASH factsheet.
1 comment:
Smoking is not a good idea for sex. Nicotine clogs the arteries and has negative impact on the blood flow. Erections become smaller and smaller in time and the sex drive wanes. Smoking also damages the lungs and makes the user less likely to sustain the physical exertion demanded by sex. It interferes with the use of zinc by the body, which is plain bad for your sex life. Stop smoking as fast as you can if you want to restore your sex life. http://www.chantixhome.com/
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