When to Start Smoking Again?

[fitzy]

So I bit the inside of my cheek a couple days ago and thought it best to take a couple days off from the pipes. It feels like it's starting to heal up but there's still a lump.
If this ever happens to you do you keep smoking? Do you take a break? If so how long do you usually wait? When I had my wisdom teeth pulled I think the dentist said 2 weeks but that was over 25 years ago and my memory isn't so great. lol
Inquiring minds want to know!

 

[hobie1dog]

Take one week off.

 

[pipesmokingtom]

I'm a confirmed addict, so I find a way to smoke through it no matter what!

 

[Chasing Embers]

I'm terrible. I'd smoke anyway.

 

[mso489]

My folklore says that tobacco smoke constricts capillaries and slows healing, so I'd wait until the wound heals substantially, and then take it slow with the pipe. You don't want to get a process going with the lesion.

 

[didimauw]

Yup im always biting my cheek. It never stops me from smoking. It actually happened last night. I hit the pipe while in my mouth and it kinda rolled my lip under my teeth, and I bit down to not drop my pipe, and got my lip instead.

 

[oldmansmoking]

Don't think I could or would like to stop even for a day!

 

[tozert]

I'm prone to mouth ulcers (canker sores) on my inner cheeks. Whenever I slightly graze my mouth on something like potato chips, I'll get an ulcer at that spot. I continue to smoke anyway, but I use a medicated mouthwash straight after a bowl to help keep things clean. Continuing smoking doesn't seem to slow down the healing process, but that's not to say it would be the same for everybody.

 

[elvishrunes]

Don't listen to those horrible junkies above and take some time
Gargling with 1 tablespoon of baking soda, sodium bicarbonate (not baking powder) in a glass of warm water, can speed mouth sore and canker sore healing...

 

[pipesmokingtom]

horrible junkies

Guilty. Unapologetically.

 

[deathmetal]

I just take a little bit of flour tortilla -- they're made of glue anyway -- and stick it over the wound, then keep on smoking.

 

[fitzy]

Thanks for the comments and tips everyone.
I'll give it another 3 or 4 days I think.

 

[oldmansmoking]

I started using corsidel mouth wash during chemo and have continued since, my gums have never been better. Use it once a day. Give it a try. Only draw back is some staining to teeth.

Goes if you stop using it.

 

[tomnernas2ndson]

Sensodyne toothpaste..Seems to work wonders for me when I indulge.

 

[weezell]

Don't think I could or would like to stop even for a day!

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