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Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns

Smoking very likely makes it harder to have a baby, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a new publication issued on Tuesday, highlighting that women who smoke have…

Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns
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Pressivio’s World desk has added the source report “Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns” to its international monitoring stream.

Smoking very likely makes it harder to have a baby, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a new publication issued on Tuesday, highlighting that women who smoke have a 40 per cent higher risk of infertility compared to non-smokers.

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