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Is occasional smoking on birth control accepatable?
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No: You are 47 - it is contraindicated to use ocp's and smoke when a women is over 35 years old. The risk for blood clots and stroke is markedly increased in a smoker using ocp's after age 35.
Answered 4/8/2013
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