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Decreased sperm counts in Swedish users of oral tobacco.

Agnes KimbladGustav OllvikChristian H LindhJonatan Axelsson
Published in: Andrology (2022)
Independent of smoking, consumption of snuff was associated with lower total sperm count and different hormone levels. Applying these results to a reported association between sperm count and the chance of pregnancy, men who used snuff would have about a 10% lower chance of fathering a child.
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