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Yes, it's true. And this isn't just a scare tactic — there are real mechanisms at work. When I was researching this topic, I came across a useful article https://ways2well.com/blog/smoking-and-stem-cell-therapy-how-smoking-affects-healing-and-results , which explains in detail how smoking affects the body's ability to recover and why this is important not only for your own health but also for reproductive function. It explains that nicotine and other carcinogens disrupt blood circulation, impair oxygen delivery to tissues, and can even affect the quality of cells needed for conception and subsequent tissue regeneration during pregnancy. In our case, this was an additional motivation to quit smoking before planning to have a baby.