Monday, February 23, 2009 dfgrendezvous asks

Q: Why do i get a bad taste in my mouth after smoking?

I have smoked for about two weeks and after every time i smoke i get a stale taste which doesn't go for a long time. Why is that?

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Anne Mitchell, Health Guide

3/11/09 7:01am

from what I understand, smoking inihibits the flow of saliva and this might be contributing to the stale taste in your mouth (it's just not rinsing itself clean like it used to). It could also be due to some of the ingredients in cigarettes - there's over 4,000 of them.

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