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Release Date: October 25, 2005 This content is archived.
The lead item in the Vital Signs column in The New York Times reports on UB research that shows that men who smoke are less likely to make a woman pregnant than nonsmokers, and the more they smoke the worse their chances are of conceiving. The article quotes Lani Burkman, associate professor and head of the Section on Andrology, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, who says "we don't have the answer yet" to whether quitting smoking helps fertility. Go to article.