During the initial visit with the nurse at the fertility clinic, the patient asks what effect cigarette smoking has on the ability to conceive. The nurse's best response is:
1. "Smoking has no effect."
2. "Only if you smoke more than one pack a day will you experience difficulty."
3. "After your first semen analysis, we will determine whether there will be any difficulty."
4. "Smoking can affect sperm motility."
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Rationale 1: Cigarette smoking in females can delay time to conception and increase the risk of spontaneous abortion, early labor, and low birth weight.
Rationale 2: Any amount of smoking can affect fertility, fetal growth, and time of labor.
Rationale 3: In the male, the quantity and quality of male sperm can be affected. A semen analysis is not necessary to know that smoking impacts sperm.
Rationale 4: Cigarette smoking can depress sperm motility.
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