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Cigar Smoking and Cavities

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• Re: Cigar Smoking and Cavities (Archive in smoking.) Walt Stoll 12:04:28 10/01/02 (0)
• What creates the "sweet" flavor? Wendy O. 14:30:34 9/30/02 (0)

In Reply to: Cigar Smoking and Cavities posted by Wondering on September 30, 2002 at 13:53:30:

I would think it's pretty likely that this has caused or contributed to his cavities. The sweet flavor must be made with something sweet, no? When I had chronic bronchitus/throat pain and went to bed sucking on cough drops for months and months straight, I also got cavities in the places where I most often fell asleep with the cough drop. It seems that a correlation is likely. Don't know if "sugar-free" sweeteners are any better than sugar. It probably depends on which one is used... Your friend might want to find out what makes the cigar/plastic tip taste sweet, and then try to find a non-sweetened alternative?? (OR just not smoke them at all).

In Reply to: Cigar Smoking and Cavities posted by Wondering on September 30, 2002 at 13:53:30:

Hi, Wondering.

Listen to wendy O. I wondered that as well. I understand that many cigar companies put sugar in their cigars to increase the addiction effect.

HOWEVER, is is well known that tobacco in all it's forms greatly increase gum disease and in adults that is the most common cause of cavities & tooth loss.

Walt