Does tobacco smoking effects oral health?
• Is Nicotine useful in any way? • What does a variation in the intensity of the color of the nicotine test result signify? • What if the nicotine test results are not clear to me? • Do medications influence the tobacco test result? • What does a negative result mean for my TabocAlert Nicotine Exposure Test? • What does a positive result mean for my TabocAlert Nicotine Exposure Test?? • Are there any medications or foods, etc. that can cause the test to be positive even when there is no second hand smoke exposure (this is called a false positive)? • What is the lowest amount of second hand smoke exposure that the test can detect? • Are there other nicotine tests available that can give a quantified test result? • What is the equivalent number of cigarettes per day (cpd) to the cotinine level? • What is secondhand smoke? • What chemicals are present in secondhand smoke? • Does nicotine present in the smoke causes cancer? • What are the health effects of exposure to secondhand smoke? • I
The most serious oral condition that can arise from tobacco smoking is that of oral cancer. Halitosis (i.e. Offensive breath) is common among tobacco smokers. Other oral diseases that are known to have strong links to smoking are leukoplakia, Snuff Dipper’s lesions and smoker’s palate. Smoking Cessation, Michael C.
