A study done at Boston University showed that men who smoked one pack of cigarettes a day for five years were 15 percent more likely to develop clogging in the arteries that serve the penis, a situation that can cause impotence. In addition, heavy smoking decreases sexual capability by damaging the tiny blood vessels in the penis. The use of marijuana and cocaine also can result in impotence.

A recent study at the New England Research Institute in Watertown, Massachusetts, found that impotence was equally common among smokers and non-smokers in general. However, among men with certain health problems, those who smoked were much more likely to have potency problems. For example, 56 percent of smokers with heart disease were completely impotent compared with only 21 percent of non-smokers with the disease.

Alcohol intake decreases the body's ability to produce testosterone. Research at Chicago Medical School revealed that drinking alcohol may cause the hormonal equivalent of menopause in men. Alcohol not only affects sexual function, but also helps set the stage for a heart attack and other dangerous conditions.

Alcoholism. Excessive alcohol consumption disrupts hormone levels and can lead to nerve damage. This type of impotence may be reversible or permanent depending on the severity of the nerve damage. Some clinical studies suggest about 25 percent of all alcoholics become impotent -- even after they stop drinking.

How it is related with Impotence, you can retrieve more information through http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info/InTheNews/MedicalReports/Other/1040129314.html and http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/cutting_edge/alcohol_abuse/alcohol_abuse.htm. We can see the following effects of alcohol.

a). Alcohol affects accuracy and consistency of a task more so than it affects speed.
b). Significant memory loss occurs with high doses of alcohol and may develop into blackouts involving amnesia.
c). Larges doses of alcohol frustrate sexual performance.
d). Sex lives become disturbed deficient, and ineffectual.
e). Impotency occurs, sometimes reversible with the return of sobriety.

When treatment of underlying physical or psychological problems fails to restore potency, a man and his sexual partner can consider one of the following solutions:

The most popular treatments for impotency are described in this site: http://www.impotence-guide.com.

However, the new treatment, Cialis is made by Eli Lilly and biotechnology firm ICOS. For more information, please visit the official site of Cialis, http://www.cialis.com. There are also other sites which are providing the information about Cialis such as, http://www.cialismagic.com.


About the Author
Richard Gary - Author
Medical Researcher
Newyork, USA

Resources Used in Artilce:
1. Cialis Official Site
2. Cialis (Informative Site>.
3. Impotence Guide

And other Education site for more information.