Straws and smoking?

sorry if this is poorly written and confusing, i had some complications and have to be on some pretty gnarlyyy pain meds.

Hey so I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday and I’m kinda already sick of not using straws. Obviously I’m not going to right now because I don’t want dry socket, but I would like to know when I can start again.

On my post-op papers, it doesn’t mention when I can start using them again, which I find weird. Also it says I can start smoking again in 72 hours which I’m choosing not to believe. There’s no way I can smoke 3 days after but not use a straw, that’s insane.

So any advice is helpful. I would mainly like to know when I can start using straws again and then a good estimate of how long till I can smoke again. I have nicotine patches to get me through so I am doing okay so far but still would like to know.

Posted Sep 3, 2025, 6:16 PM UTC

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