Hi, Recently quit 10 years of pain-masala/tobacco addiction (quit 40-50 days back). It is a blanket ban post quitting. Indulging on sauf/cloves thereon, have some concerns that do cloves inhibit the jaw/mouth movement (same effect as of tobacco), or encourage leukoplakia?

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