Rwanda: Trying to Conceive? First Quit Smoking

So much has been said about the dangers of smoking but it seems we are yet to hit the half mark. Researchers and physicians can confirm that smokers are at risk of failing to make babies. Women who smoke are in danger of failing to conceive, and when they do, the dreaded miscarriage stalks their wombs. Sadly, the malady affects does not spare men as the chemical elements in cigarettes can cause the can reduce fertility.

A woman in Kigali, who preferred to remain anonymous for fear of stigmatisation, said she started smoking for fun around 2000 but later became addicted.

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