Friday, September 28, 2007

Oh Yes.

Compared with non-smokers, men who smoked up to 10 cigarettes per day had a 27-per cent greater likelihood of erectile dysfunction; those who smoked 11 to 20 butts a day had a 45-per cent greater likelihood of erectile dysfunction; and those who smoked more than 20 cigarettes daily had a-65 per cent greater chance of suffering erectile dysfunction .... but in China?

We certainly know that cigarette smoking has a strong likelihood of resulting in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ... but we also know that,

China's Air Pollution Still SeriousIn 1999, carbon dioxide emission reached 18.57 million tons, air pollution emission reached 11.59 million tons and industrial dust emission reached 11.75 million tons and ...

Satellite data has revealed that the city (Beijing) is one of the worst environmental victims of China's spectacular economic growth, which has brought with it air pollution levels that are blamed for more than 400,000 premature deaths a year ... and that both are bronchoconstrictors and impede blood flow and that this results in erectile failure as much as does premature death ... difficult to control for I would have thought.
China's air pollution levels are among the world's highest.

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