Guys, I'm sorry, but we've got some bad news. That cigarette you believed would make you look cool could be the reason your penis has shriveled.
According to specialists, smoking can have several negative effects on men, such as erectile dysfunction and even shrinkage.
Harley Street urologist Marc Laniado told Mirror Online that it is not as rare as you may believe.
He said: "I see erectile dysfunction a great deal."
"To have a firm erection, you need sufficient blood flow. Smokers have a higher incidence of artherosclerosis in all blood vessels, including those in the penis, which can reduce blood flow."
"The chemicals in smoke may also have an effect on firmness; nicotine causes blood vessels to become narrow. This can be temporary or - eventually - permanent."
"Often they will say, 'My erection is not so good, I don't wake up with an erection in the morning as much as I used to or my penis isn't quite so hard when I'm having sexual relations.", he added.
"But also sometimes people say that their penis is getting shorter as they get older, as smoking stops the blood flowing through the penis, which stops the spontaneous and nightly erections that are needed to stretch the penis and keep it at a good length."
"So in summary, smoking can make your penis appear shorter or in fact become shorter."
Yet the specialist said it's not only men that could feel the impact of smoking on their nethers, as women could also be in trouble: "Women's arousal is - if you think about it - also affected by blood flow to the area."
In the past, experts have identified links between cigarettes and performance in the bedroom.
As reported by Medical News Today, cigs possess toxins that can damage the blood vessels in your man thing.
During a study in 1998, boffins at Boston University of Medicine examined the erect penises of two hundred men and discovered that those men who were smokers were some way off from those who didn't.
The piece of research also concluded that smoking inhibits blood flow to your genitals, stopping the penis from stretching.
Apart from smoking, medication could also affect the size of your penis - such as drugs like Adderall as well as some antidepressants and antipsychotics.
Certain drugs used to treat prostate problems could also have an effect, with a 2012 study into a drug called finasteride showing that men suffered from shrinkage and reduced sensation, and another published in the journal Urology determining that 41% of those taking the drug dutasteride suffered sexual dysfunction.
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