Throat hurts from smoking 5 cigarettes a day the last 7-8 days. I have smoked on and off for the last year but only 2 max in a day. My throat does not hurt constantly (a dull ache) but when I press just above, and to the right, of my ucipital mapilary there is a stinging pain (as if it is being burnt from the inside). Can you tell me what home remedy I might try, how long this issue will last, and, of course, what it is I may possibly have done to myself (naturally I will not be smoking for the foreseeable future).