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Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns

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Smoking very likely makes it harder to have a baby, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a new publication issued on Tuesday, highlighting that women who smoke have a 40 per cent higher risk of infertility compared to non-smokers.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XLV Health Care Select Sector SPDR

    A fund of health-care companies

  • XBI SPDR S&P Biotech

    A fund of biotechnology companies

  • UNH UnitedHealth

    A large health insurer

  • JNJ Johnson & Johnson

    A large health-care company

  • LLY Eli Lilly

    A large drug maker

  • PFE Pfizer

    A large drug maker

  • TMED T Rowe Price Health Care ETF

    GA selected TMED as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: health. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

  • XLVI STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELECT SECTOR SPDR PREMIUM INCOME ETF

    GA selected XLVI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: health. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

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Smoking very likely makes it harder to have a baby, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned in a new publication issued on Tuesday, highlighting that women who smoke have a 40 per cent higher risk of infertility compared to non-smoke…

Source: UN News - Global perspective Human stories

T Rowe Price Health Care ETF (TMED) since this story, compared with the market

Since the first closing price after “Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns,” T Rowe Price Health Care ETF (TMED) is -1.71%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is +0.77% over the same days, a -2.48% difference versus the market.

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Who gains and who loses around T Rowe Price Health Care ETF (TMED)

Companies tied to this story

  • TMED T Rowe Price Health Care ETF

    T Rowe Price Health Care ETF (TMED) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Sep 2026 story “Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns.” Reason on file: GA selected TMED as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: health. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • XLVI State Street Health Care Select Sector Spdr Premium Income Etf

    State Street Health Care Select Sector Spdr Premium Income Etf (XLVI) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Sep 2026 story “Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns.” Reason on file: GA selected XLVI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: health. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How “Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns” reaches T Rowe Price Health Care ETF (TMED)

“Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns” (12 Sep 2026) reaches T Rowe Price Health Care ETF (TMED) through this story.

What ties T Rowe Price Health Care ETF (TMED) to the headline is this: GA selected TMED as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: health. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

A second company, State Street Health Care Select Sector Spdr Premium Income Etf (XLVI), is listed for a different reason: GA selected XLVI as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: health. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

Dates in the story, and the T Rowe Price Health Care ETF (TMED) price range

TMED traded between 33.03 and 34.62 across 19 sessions. The latest close on file is 33.55. XLVI traded between 25.66 and 27.00 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 26.85.

How solid “Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns” looks

21 out of 100

“Tobacco use can undermine fertility, UN health agency warns” scores 21 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 2 linked companies.