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This is your opportunity to share your stories with other people who use this website. Your story may be inspirational, about how you got through tough times. It may be on health, you may have tips on how to quit or it could be about the latest laws and regulations. Whatever your story, we want to hear about it! So use the section below to submit your story to ASH Wales.

Your stories will be read by someone in the ASH Wales Team and will be posted within a few days into a topic that most suits your story. Only your first name will be used with the story or tip.

This section is for everyone to share ideas and experiences to help each other quit smoking. We reserve the right to only publish stories that fit with this aim.

The views and opinions that are expressed in the stories and tips in this section do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions held by ASH Wales.

We reserve the right to use your stories and tips within the site and other publications without seeking permission or providing compensation. In all cases, your privacy will be respected and you will only be identified by your first name.

We welcome ideas, suggestions, concepts and techniques from you, however, if you are not happy with us using these ideas without seeking permission or compensation, provide them through the Contact us form.

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Smoking & Health

A growing body of evidence suggests that smoking may cause male sexual impotence. Certain studies suggest that smokers are at least 50 per cent more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction. It is estimated that in the UK, 120,000 men aged 30-50 years are impotent because of smoking. The effect is seen in men of all ages. One study of almost 4,500 men aged 31-49 years found that in smokers, the risk of impotence was 1.5 times that in non-smokers. Another study of men aged 40-70 years found that men who smoked were twice as likely as non-smokers to develop moderate or severe impotence.

Smoking & Health

Women who use combined oral contraceptives are at increased risk of heart disease. Because the risk of heart disease in young women is low, the benefits of using the pill generally outweigh the risks for young women who do not smoke. Among pill-users who smoke, however, the risk of having a heart attack is some 20 times higher.

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