Smoking is a Hundred Ways to Do a Hundred Things: Effects on Erectile Dysfunction (ED)
1. The impact of smoking on ED Smoking has serious effects on the cardiovascular system, which in turn negatively affects erectile function, which depends on blood flow. Specifically, smoking increases the risk of ED by causing the following problems (1) Contraction of blood vessels Nicotine in cigarettes constricts blood vessels and restricts blood flow. An erection occurs when there is an adequate increase in blood flow to the penis and that blood fills the corpus cavernosum. However, when smoking constricts blood vessels, the penis does...















