Smoking Increases Risk of BV and Disrupts Vaginal Health
Let’s talk honestly for a minute—when I was younger and first heard about *bacterial vaginosis* (BV), I thought it was just another one of those “happens-to-other-people” things. Fast forward to my late twenties, and suddenly it wasn’t so far removed. What caught me off guard, though, was learning how lifestyle habits—like smoking—could quietly play a…