A newly released UK study shows how smoking and alcohol consumption do not affect semen quality, BBC reported. The research, published in the journal Human Reproduction, however did state that avoiding both remains the best health advice.

Researchers at the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester compared the lifestyles of 939 men with poor sperm quality to those of 1,310 men with normal sperm quality.

The study showed there was little difference in the number of active spermatozoids between those of patients who never smoked and those of patients who had a 20-a-day habit.

There was also little evidence that excessive alcohol consumption affected the sperm quality.

(China.org.cn June 16, 2012)

据英国广播公司报道，英国最新研究证实，抽烟喝酒不会影响精子质量，该结果已发表在《人类生殖》杂志上，但文章称，保持健康首先仍要远离烟酒。

针对939名精子质量不佳和1310名精子质量正常的男士，谢菲尔德大学和曼彻斯特大学的研究人员对其生活方式进行了比较。

结果发现，从不吸烟者与一天抽20支烟的人相比，活跃的精子数量差别不大。

同时，过量饮酒影响精子质量的说法也证据不足。