Get newsletters, cool content and more. There are some really important reasons why smoking and the birth control pill don't mix.
Smoking depletes the body further of vitamins, which the pill also depletes.
When these vitamins are depleted in the body, it can lead to serious life-threatening, even fatal blood clotting problems. I didn't smoke when I was on the pill, but I hung out around smokers all the time. I almost died at age 19 of a massive pulmonary embolism in both lungs. My Body is your place to rave about what makes your bod buzz or to rant about what doesn't. This is an issue young women really need to be more aware of.