Oh really? Then please explain why there were more kids born back in the 40s, 50s and 60s when more than half the population smoked and there are less being born now when only about 20% of the population smokes.........
I am sure the poster wasn't speaking from the point of conception.
"Then please explain why there were more kids born back in the 40s, 50s and 60s when more than half the population smoked and there are less being born now when only about 20% of the population smokes."
Cable TV.
The issue of a relationship between smoking and ED has nothing to do with fertility and/or birth rates. The impact of smoking vis a vis erectile dysfunction would be greatest on those who are beyond their child-bearing years for the most part.
As for declining birth rates compared to the 40s thru 60s, I don't think there has been a suggestion that smoking had any impact. However, there are several other factors that have changed since the 60s that would probably explain the downturn in birthrates: increased availability of and more variety in forms of birth control; legalized abortion on demand; demographic shift of women in the workplace delaying decision to have children; etc.
Well now, that's an interesting theory. Thank you for your insights. I thought that decreased birth rates in industrialized countries had something to do with birth control and widespread abortions.