Smoking when on the pill increases your risk of heart attack and stroke.

Smoking while using a hormonal method of birth control puts a woman at greater risk of heart attack and stroke, and this risk gets higher as women get older. If you smoke, and you’re taking a hormonal method of birth control, you need to tell your doctor.

• Learn how smoking affects a woman’s menstrual cycle, her future fertility (ability to have babies), risk of cervical cancer and orgasm.
• Learn how smoking affects a man’s impotence (ability to get an erection) and fertility.
• Learn how smoking affects your general health.
• Get help quitting.