DID you know that you risk damage to your mouth, throat, teeth, and gums from regular vaping?
Chief Dental Officer, Dr Mark Brown, said there is increasing evidence that vaping may impact oral health and the use of e-cigarettes, with or without nicotine, are not recommended.
Dr Brown said smoking tobacco, let alone vaping it, can cause a number of oral health and other health risks.
Vape juice contains propylene glycol (PG) and vegetable glycerine (VG), which is safe for humans to consume through eating, the PG and VG breaks down becoming acidic and eroding, dissolving and softening tooth enamel and promote growth of plaque and harmful bacteria. Vaping causes dry mouth which leads to bad breath, impacting your oral health.
Vaping also causes teeth discolouration. For information and support on how to quit smoking or vaping, you can call Quitline on 13 78 48 for confidential, free counsellors available seven days a week.
