HEALTH ISSUES
Due to their exotic aroma, clove-flavoured cigarettes have lured young people into smoking, according to Dr Hathai Chitanon, president to the Thailand Health Promotion Institute.
"A clove cigarette releases eugenol, an essential oil obtained from cloves. Inhaling it causes an upper part of the trachea to go numb. It also diminishes the gag reflex in smokers and smoke can get deep into the lungs," he said.
Eugenol is commonly used in dentistry.
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- Writer: Lamphai Intathep
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