Bad breath check: SAY “GAPOHA!”

It may sound like today’s piece is about the Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority (GAPOHA) but that is not the case. “Say Gapoha” used to be a way that police officers used to test for excessive alcohol intake in road drivers’ breaths when breath analyzers had not been fully introduced on the market. This subjective method is still being used by individuals to detect bad breath by cupping their hands and saying “GAPOHA” and sniffing their breath. Bad breath, which is scientifically termed as halitosis, is a noticeably unpleasant odor…

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