You know smoking is bad for your health so there should be no surprise that smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco are also harmful to your oral health. For one, tobacco products can cause bad breath, but that is only the beginning. Other risks of chewing tobacco and smoking cigarettes can cause stained tongue and teeth, gum disease, oral cancer, etc. This just sounds so bad, no one wants to open their mouth to bad breath or oral cancer. Oral cancer just sounds so harmful. According to the Oral Health Library, smoking and using tobacco products can damage your gums. It affects the bone and soft tissues in your mouth where they attach to your teeth. Everyone gets tarter on their teeth but using tobacco products make the tarter build up more quickly. You do not want to end up with bad oral health, it can hurt you and ruin your life in the long run. Your oral health is veryyyyyy important, take care of your teeth and quit smoking and using tobacco products. Either listen now or suffer later.
You're right; " there should be no surprise that smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco are also harmful to your oral health." I know it's not that common now, but back in the day, baseball players were the main ones you heard about chewing tobacco. They should've known that placing it directly on their gums and teeth would cause some type of problem, but why did they keep doing it? Pleasure and addiction. Experiencing a temporary sense of "pleasure" isn't worth the lifelong health problems you can encounter; addiction is a huge problem, but if you knew the health risks, I would think that they wouldn't even consider using the product in the first place. Whenever I encounter a smoker, I can always smell the scent on their breath, even if they weren't smoking that very moment, which is really gross. This post should persuade those who do smoke cigarettes or use tobacco products to stop before it's too late.
ReplyDeleteSo true, our mouth/teeth are one of the first things people notice about us. Oral health should be everyone's priority. The fact that tobacco products are so bad for all aspects of your health, including your oral health, I cannot see why people still want to continue to use these products. I don't think people think it will happen to them, but the consequences of using these products apply to all its users. Great post!
ReplyDeleteKayla J. Ruiz
I have always known that smoking and tobacco use is bad for you, but I never really thought about how it affects your physical presence. That totally makes sense though! What if you were going into a job interview with bad breath because of smoking? That would definitely make you look unprofessional. Obviously smoking and tobacco use is bad for our own health, but also in our professional lives. It was refreshing to hear about that because it just comes to give more reasons why no one should smoke or use tobacco products.
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I love how you added the picture to your blog post. It definitely sends a strong message to smokers or potential smokers. I know that many people who smoke are unaware of how much it affects their oral health. I know for me personally, I had braces for 5 years and I went through a lot to have good teeth. The last thing that I would want to do is damage them further. I think that people underestimate the dangers of mouth cancer and gum disease. If people have severe enough issues with their oral health, they can lose teeth which will impair their ability to talk and eat. I know that chewing tobacco is especially dangerous in causing mouth cancer as well.
ReplyDeleteThe human mouth is a disgusting place. Honestly, I take care of my teeth because I don't want to loose them and because our mouths are easily noticed by other people. We talk, eat, smile, alone with our teeth and I don't want to risk my senses for an addiction. Its just not worth it. One of the first things I notice about people is their teeth, and mostly when they are missing or discolored so I don't wan that to be one other first things people notice about me.
ReplyDeleteI love this post because it relates to my blog, which talks about oral health. Oral health and hygiene are so important to me and really is something we need to continue to remember in our day to day lives. I don't know about some people, but for me, teeth is something I notice on a person right away when I meet someone or talk to them. It really is important to stay away from tobacco and smoking because it can ruin your physical appearance and also cause tooth and gum disease and cancers. Great post!
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ReplyDeleteI can definitely see the correlation between using tobacco products for a long time with your overall oral health. I mean most of the time, you put tobacco products in your mouth, right? So that's a given. You're breathing in that gunk and it gets stuck in your teeth! Yanno I saw those commercials where they talk about how tobacco products ruined their lives, like "Oh I used to be a cheerleader now I talk through this tube." Like WOW I'm not interested. They can keep those overpriced sticks of death.
Tobacco does so much more damage than it does good! I am not sure why people are interested in it. You have more to lose than to gain. And your smile is the first thing that people see when they look at you. And first impressions are everything. Really nice job with this post!
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