Sex and cigarettes

Smoking's Effect on Sex

According to one expert, Professor Louise Van Der Velde, also known as the Love Doctor of GMTV, smoking has both a long term and a short term effect on smoker's ability and desire to have sex: "The toxins that build up in your system contribute to feelings of lethargy. But instantly, after just one cigarette, the body's ability to function decreases, which means erections can be a problem. It also affects libido and general desire, as smoking massively effects the hormonal balance, and testosterone levels are responsible for libido."

Dr Murray Laugeson, who has carried out an analysis of the cigarette, agreed that smoking, at least in the long term, could damage people's ability to have sex."Smoking long term damages the blood vessels and moderate arterial insufficiency is a precondition for most impotence. Once this state is reached, impotence may persist as long as smoking continues, and may persist despite quitting if the vascular damage is severe."

One study published in Addiction Behaviour seems to back up the opinion that smoking effects sex even in the short term. In the study 42 smokers were hooked up to penile sensors. Some of the smokers were given candy to eat, while others were given high nicotine in Chesterfield cigarettes. The study found that two high nicotine cigarettes could significantly reduce penile erection.

Social Aspect

There are also the social aspects. Helaine Smith, author of Healthy Mouth Healthy Sex, told us that smoking reduced the amount of partners that people were likely to have. With only 20% of people now smoking in the US, and with people put off by anti-smoking propaganda as well as the real stink of cigarettes that may well be true. Of course, smoking in the doorways of pubs also causes endless opportunities for starting up conversations with the opposite sex...

Smoking is not much good for the teeth either. Helaine told us that she treated a number of closet smokers, who denied that they touched a cigarette - but that she could always tell by the stains on their teeth! And of course yellow stains on your teeth are not the first thing you want your potential partner to notice when you start chatting them up!

Sex can sell cigars.

This idea came to the mind of Michael Hachikian, the founder of Club De Players, in his dream. Once during Long Island party Michael was chatting with friends and their conversation took another turn. The matter concerned sex. Michael came home, went to bed, saw a dream and in the morning he wrote it down.

In his dream, Michael saw excellent marchitecture for cigar selling. He decided to get in touch with publishers of Penthouse magazine and to join talents. He thought over creation of new cigar line and wanted to collaborate with Penthouse promoting both products at the market. Michael saw as in magical mirror: beauties from Penthouse sell his cigars. Publishers treated his idea with enthusiasm and humour, and in half a year the project began. Opening glass tube with cigar Penthouse, we see that it is rolled into satin four colored sheet with images of beautiful women smoking on both sides. The cover is changed every month in accordance with a queen pretty, so cigar pack is never repeated what is the additional advantage for smokers and collectors. Penthouse cigars included small Churchill cigars of perfect blending. Blending is made in Honduras: cigar outer envelope Talanga, tobacco from Nicaragua and Dominican Republic. Experts praise cigar for balancing, rich flavor. Penthouse cigars are sold in boxes (20 cigars in each).