Wanted: 200 smokers to quit for research project

Eoin English

Dentists in University College Cork’s (UCC) Oral Health Services Research Centre said they need up to 200 smokers to volunteer to take part in a unique research project over the coming months.

Smoking stains teeth and can cause severe gum disease. Poisonous carbon monoxide also builds up in the blood system.

The researchers want to examine the effects that quitting smoking will have on smokers’ oral health and hygiene, as well as any changes in the level of carbon monoxide exhaled.

But they need 200 smokers who want to quit.

Researcher Maria Tobin said the research will be carried out between now and November.

Clinical examiner Rose Kingston said smokers considering taking part should be aged between 18 and 65 and in good general health.

Anyone interested in volunteering should contact UCC’s oral health research centre at CUH on: 021- 4901217 or 021-4901213.