"Oh, that's just from smoking." It's easy to dismiss a chronic cough as another problem with cigarettes. But what if it's a sign of the lung disease COPD? Franziska Gabbert/dpa Long-term smokers often ...

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 ...

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 ...

Persistent cough may be associated with bronchial hyperresponsiveness and/or smoking. We analysed the baseline data of the participants of a general practice, single-centre, randomised, double-blind, ...

So your cold's long gone, but have you now been left with a lingering cough that is keeping everyone awake and annoying colleagues? New US research shows the average time for a cough to last after a ...

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 ...

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

Study objectives: To evaluate cough reflex sensitivity in a population of young, healthy, male cigarette smokers. Design: Cross-sectional comparison. Setting: Academic medical center. Participants: ...