Causes of bad breath: Smoking
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3. Smoking
Tobacco coats your mouth and tongue with bacteria which makes it smell. It gets inside your blood stream and lungs and then the air you exhale smells too. Stale smoke was also voted the worse smell in the study.
- Quit smoking with our Stop Smoking Clinic
- Top expert tips for beating bad breath caused by smoking
- Read on: How good is your dental routine?
Where next?
- Get more on bad breath from our health pages
- Improve your dental health with our expert guide
- More expert advice on getting rid of bad breath
- Find out all the benefits of stopping smoking
- Find dentists in your area accepting new customers at NHS Choices
By Vicky Woollaston
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