Impotence and Smoking
Much in the same manner that heart disease is caused by smoking, impotence can also be caused by these harmful effects.
Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, can narrow the smaller blood vessels leading to the penis.
In addition, nicotine makes blood vessels within the penis become narrower making it more and more difficult for proper blood flow within the penile canal. Though this effect does not last after a person quits smoking, the hardening of the arteries does take time to reverse.
Though drugs such as Viagra and other drugs used in the treatment of Impotence have been proven to increase blood flow to and within the penis, new government regulations now prevent those whose impotence has been caused by smoking from being treated on the NHS.
