Older movies made smoking look “sexy”. Rings of smoke circled old movie actors - think Bogart puffing away as he hunches over the bar of Rick’s Cafe in Casablanca. And cinema sex was often followed up by a between-the-sheets cigarette break.

The after-sex cigarette may or may not be a movie myth, but smoking’s impact on sexual potency and fertility is clear.

While smoking wreaks all kinds of havoc on the body (check out this list of 20+ serious risks you run when you light up), women who smoke put their reproductive health on the line.

Female smokers are at heightened risk of cervical cancer, menstrual problems, miscarriage, and problems conceiving. What about men? Is the virile image of the Marlboro Man a myth, too? [Read more →]