{
  "id": 6258373,
  "title": "Rauchen und Unfruchtbarkeit: WHO: Rauchen senkt Chancen auf Schwangerschaft",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/rauchen-und-unfruchtbarkeit-who-rauchen-senkt-chancen-auf",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-08T09:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/forschung-innovation/rauchen-und-unfruchtbarkeit-who-rauchen-senkt-chancen-auf-schwangerschaft/100252871.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), smoking can reduce the chances of getting pregnant. This conclusion was reached after the organization reviewed numerous studies conducted between 2000 and 2026. Men who smoke tend to experience more erectile dysfunction compared to non-smokers, according to the WHO. They also have more frequent ejaculation problems and related issues such as the absence of sperm in ejaculate, poor sperm motility, and abnormal sperm form. Unfruitfulness is also caused by passive smoking. Women who smoke have a 40% higher risk of infertility compared to non-smokers. However, quitting smoking could lower this risk by 25%. Most studies involved cigarette smokers and smokers, according to the WHO. There is not as much evidence on newer products like e-cigarettes and vaporizers. The WHO states that smokers and smokers also have limited chances of success in some fertility treatments. Passive smoking could also negatively affect fertility. One in six people of reproductive age is affected by infertility at some point in their lives during a lifetime. Infertility means that despite regular unprotected sexual intercourse over a period of at least twelve months, a pregnancy does not occur.",
  "summary": "Erektionsstörungen und schlechte Spermienqualität: Die WHO warnt, dass Rauchen die männliche Fruchtbarkeit beeinträchtigt. Auch bei Raucherinnen soll das Risiko einer Unfruchtbarkeit steigen.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}