- LONDON (Reuters) - More than
half of Britons could have breath that smells worse that their pet's, according
to a survey released on Thursday.
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- And women are the worst offenders, with three out of
five failing a sulfur emissions test, according to research by toothpaste
manufacturer Aquafresh.
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- "Some mouths may be dirtier than cat litter,"
dentist Brian Grieveson said in a statement that accompanied the research.
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- "Most people in the UK do not realize that cleaning
your tongue is as important as cleaning your teeth," he added.
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- Scots had the best oral hygiene, with only 10 percent
suffering bad breath, compared to 27 percent in London. Throughout the
nation, 52 percent were rated at a level that could be worse than that
of a pet animal.
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- "We are one of the last countries to understand
the need to clean our tongue, with people in America and parts of Europe
practicing tongue cleaning routinely," said Grieveson.
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- Secretaries were the freshest profession, achieving 100
percent freshness in the survey of 1,000 people, while retail staff fared
worst and received the warning: "You could be losing sales."
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