Abstract: A toothpaste for smokers for solubilizing and removing cigarette tar deposits on the teeth, gums, tongue, other surfaces of the oral cavity, and dentures of smokers including at least one nonionic surfactant in a concentration range of from about 0.3% to about 6.5% by weight, methyl salicylate in a tobacco tar solubilizing concentration range of from about 0.06% to about 0.20% by weight, at least one essential oil in a concentration range of from about 0.30% to about 2.0% by weight, ethyl alcohol in a concentration range of from about 12.0% to about 20.0% by weight, at least one anionic surfactant in a concentration range of from about 0.3% to about 4.5% by weight, and a gelling agent.