Early warning signs

• Sticky tar deposits or brown staining on the teeth. Heavy smokers will have almost brown teeth.
• 'Smoker's palate' - red inflammation on the roof of the mouth
• Delayed healing of the gums
• Increased severity of gum disease
• Bad breath or halitosis
• Black hairy tongue
• Oral lesions
• Gum recession - with chewing tobacco at the site of the tobacco "wad", the gums react by receding along the tooth root, exposing the root
• Oral cancer