Long-term smokers often have a chronic cough. They may get used to it, and perhaps also to being winded after climbing stairs ...

Smoking introduces chemicals into your throat and lungs. Coughing is your body’s way of clearing these airways, and when it persists for a long time, it is called smoker’s cough. Smoker’s cough tends ...

Lung disease is a silent and often deadly threat that lurks in the lives of smokers. For many, smoking is a habit formed over years, becoming a part of their daily routine. However, the consequences ...

This study has demonstrated that asymptomatic current cigarette smokers have a significantly diminished cough reflex relative to that of healthy nonsmokers. The inhibition of cough sensitivity due to ...

Jill A. Ohar, MD, FCCP; Alireza Sadeghnejad, MD, PhD; Deborah A. Meyers, PhD; James F. Donohue, MD, FCCP; Eugene R. Bleecker, MD, FCCP There was a 17% prevalence of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors are more likely to prescribe antibiotics to treat cough in patients who smoke, but smokers get no more benefit from the drugs than non-smokers do, a large study ...

Thanks to a glitch in the system, older smokers may be paying less than usual for their health insurance. Smokers hoping to take advantage of President Obama’s new healthcare legislation may see lower ...

Like smoking tobacco, smoking weed or cannabis can also have damaging effects on the lungs, although research on the subject is not as clear-cut. Smoking is one of the biggest threats to lung health.

People who smoke often develop a cough. Smoking causes a cough as the body is clearing out the chemicals that enter the airways and lungs through tobacco use. If the cough is persistent, lasting for ...