If you have begun to develop mouth ulcers suddenly, you may be wondering what could be causing them. Frankly, they are irritating, uncomfortable, and depending on where they are located on your mouth, can be quite embarrassing. Depending on whom you ask, you will likely get dozens of different answers regarding what triggers may cause mouth ulcers to develop, and these answers can vary from food to chemicals to actual physical injury. However, many people do not realize that a common bad habit, already well known for the risk it poses to a person’s overall health, can cause mouth sores. For those who have wondered “can smoking cause mouth ulcers?” Yes, smoking has been demonstrated to be an underlying cause of mouth ulcer outbreaks.

If you have every asked yourself how does smoking cause ulcers in the mouth, the fact of the matter is that smoking causes mouth ulcers in the same manner that it contributes to the failing overall health of those who smoke habitually. Cigarette smoke contains hundreds of chemicals that contribute to the breakdown of the mucous membranes, making them susceptible to damage and the development of mouth ulcers. Additionally, not only does smoking cause mouth ulcers, but chewing tobacco does as well. So, if you are thinking about switching to smokeless tobacco in an attempt to garner some relief from your mouth ulcers, you may want to think about dropping the habit all together.

Although smoking can and does contribute to the development of mouth ulcers, it is far from the lone culprit. There are hundreds of factors that are either thought to cause mouth ulcers or that have been conclusively shown to do so. The biggest variable seems to be the mouth ulcer sufferers themselves. It seems that personal genetics play a large role when it comes to which mouth ulcer triggers will have an effect on you, as people can be aggressively exposed to the same triggers with widely varied results.

One thing that sufferers of mouth ulcers can agree on fairly universally is that any factor that has been demonstrated to cause mouth ulcers to develop should be aggressively avoided. If you are a smoker and believe that your habit may be contributing to mouth ulcer flare ups and outbreaks, you will probably not see relief from your affliction until you give up your habit. So, it may become a question of whether you hate mouth ulcers more than you love cigarettes – and you will probably find that you do.

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