I think your husband is selfish enough not to grant your request for having artificial insemination and if he can't able to stop his habit of smoking.With regards to your question, yes, smoking is one factor that contribute to infertility in men.

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It's really difficult for a woman to wait to have a baby. I've also experience it. Your husband needs to understand your feelings too and if he knows the effect on smoking on his fertility, then I think he will immediately stopped without even forcing him.

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One study showed that the nicotine has a negative effect on the maturation of eggs on ovulation rates and on fertility rates. There are more chromosomal abnormalities in eggs that had been exposed to nicotine that was also found out in the study.

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Smoking is bad for our health and definitely it is also bad to both male and female fertility. So, men and women who are smokers..stop it please, before it's never too late.

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I think you mean Heather, before it's too late, right?hehe Anyways,the toxins in cigarettes is not only bad for the lungs,but as well as for the entire body including the reproductive system.

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Your husband should remember that getting pregnant requires both sperm and egg and he should to smoking because his health and fertility is as important as your health and fertility.

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Smoking cigarettes causes infertility. It is a fact and no need to doubt about it. It is very harmful to ovaries and smoking appears to elevate the loss of eggs and decrease reproductive function.

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I can not understand why some people smoke, that as a matter of fact it is a public knowledge that smoking is dangerous to our health and it may even endanger the lives of those who are nearer to the smoker,then how much more to the fertility of a person.

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