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Suggest Remedy For Dry Cough In A Chain Smoker

I ve had a dry cough for over a month now. About a month and a half ago we used to sit at a friend s (for a period of 2 months) There was a lot of smoking of cigarettes and marijuana in the air. I m a non-smoker and I strongly believe this affected my lungs. I don t cough any mucus up. It is a strong long cough, like all of the air is being forced out of my lungs. Any thoughts?
Tue, 8 Mar 2016
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Exposure to cigarette smoke is called passive smoking.. You need not smoke to get the disease (copd or chronic bronchitis) bur it can occur due to passive exposure to smoke.. Would suggest you to avoid such company, make rules so that they smoke outside and more importantly get yourself evaluated with pft first to get to know your lung functions before starting any medications..
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Suggest Remedy For Dry Cough In A Chain Smoker

Exposure to cigarette smoke is called passive smoking.. You need not smoke to get the disease (copd or chronic bronchitis) bur it can occur due to passive exposure to smoke.. Would suggest you to avoid such company, make rules so that they smoke outside and more importantly get yourself evaluated with pft first to get to know your lung functions before starting any medications..