Smoking histories were compared in 901 women with infertility of different types and 1264
women admitted for delivery at seven collaborating hospitals. The relative risk for infertility …

Objective To determine the relationship between cigarette smoking and primary female
infertility. Design Retrospective, case-control study. Setting Population-based and randomly …

The high prevalence of smoking among women in their reproductive years continues to be a
matter of concern. The negative effects of smoking on general health are well known, but …

A prospective study of fertility was conducted from 1977 to 1982. Analysis of the relation
between cigarette smoking and occurrence of a pregnancy was performed on 1887 couples …

This review evaluates the evidence for a link between smoking and female fertility. Twenty-
two primary papers and two reviews were found. All but three indicated a detrimental effect …

The relationship between male cigarette smoking and fertility was studied for 330 couples
attending an infertility clinic. 59% did not smoke, 10% smoked between 1 and 5 per day, 8 …

PIP: There is consensus that smoking during pregnancy has deleterious effects upon both
mother and baby. Smokers who use oral contraceptives run a greater risk of arteriosclerotic …

This study demonstrated that cigarette smoking was associated with an increase in both time
to conception (among 2817 fertile women) and risk of primary infertility (among 1818 infertile …

A retrospective analysis of the results of the first attempt at in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment
in 447 couples was performed by chart review. In 124 couples the female partners smoked …

Several studies published within the past 10 years indicate that smoking reduces fecundity,
but not all studies have found this effect, and smoking cessation is not used routinely in …