Be careful attributing all
bad tastes to cessation

Although I too experienced what then seemed like an oozing tobacco taste from my gums, tongue and cheeks for more than a month, we should be extremely careful in attributing all bad tastes to smoking cessation, especially when we've gone for any period of time without such a taste being present, and then it shows up.

The best advice we can give any member who notices a bad taste months after cessation is to get seen and evaluated by your doctor as there are a host of possibilities. Bad mouth tastes can be a potential side-effect of a large number of medications (vincristine, vinblastine, procarbazine, lithium, captopril, griseofulvin, eszopiclone ), from local mouth diseases such as gingivitis or periodontitis, a normal side effect of pregnancy, by thrush (mouth infections), thalamus disorders, Sjogren syndrome (an autoimmune disease involving the abnormal production of extra antibodies that attack the glands and connective tissue), by a host of cancers, by influenza, colds, Bell's palsy (a facial nerve disorder), nasal allergies, a skull fracture, viral hepatitis, diet changes, or a B12 or zinc deficiency.

John (Gold x8)