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Effect of Tobacco on Fertility – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1311 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1311 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Alex Zvir Preamble This blogpost takes some insights from a recent World Health Organization report. Link to the report at the end. Tobacco and Fertility: The Hidden Reproductive Cost of Smoking For decades, the dangers of tobacco have been associated primarily with cancer, heart disease, stroke and chronic respiratory illness. Yet a new warning from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights another consequence that receives far less public attention: tobacco use can undermine fertility. The finding is important because infertility is already a major global health concern. WHO estimates that approximately one in six people of reproductive age ...

Quitting Tobacco Use – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #988 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #988 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Alexandar Andreev Credit: Antoni Shkraba Credit: Eren Özdemir Credit: Thibault Luycx World Health Organization has issued “WHO clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults” in July 2024. Link at the end. I was a good (read heavy) smoker for many years before I quit about nineteen years ago. Of course, I still carry a soft corner for smokers, particularly, when I see them being restricted from all public places like restaurants, parks, hotels, airports, and so on. Life is not enjoyable for smokers anymore. There was a time when tobacco chewing was part of culture and lifestyle, and smoking was iconic and related to real men. Almost all adults and elderly men ...