2007-07-26 06:11:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
The big concern about smoking is lung damage, but when you smoke that smoke and the "tar" in the cigarette smoke get into your mouth. Most smokers get lung cancer or cancer of the larynx, but some smokers get cancer in their tongues or the other soft tissues in the mouth. That smoke and tar can also cause peridontitis, which is an advanced gum disease that is very bad for your teeth -- advanced cases of peridontitis result in destruction of the bones that hold your teeth in place, so you end up losing your teeth. Not good.
2007-07-26 06:17:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the medical answer to this, but I would 'think' that if someone can get cancer from 'secondhand' smoke, that you also could just smoking but not inhaling. My grandmother smoked for years and did not inhale. She said that it was always just a 'fad' and they did it to be stylish way back then. She did get cancer (thankfully they were able to get rid of it). She has since quit smoking period.
2007-07-26 13:18:27 · answer #2 · answered by BB 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, the smoke in your mouth and nasal passages can cause oral cancer and squamous cell cancer in all your mucous membranes.
2007-07-26 13:14:43 · answer #3 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see a doctor
2007-07-30 12:52:52 · answer #4 · answered by college gurl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smoking is smoking..if youre gonna do it, do it right lol.
2007-07-26 13:19:52 · answer #5 · answered by youve got one life to live:] 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋