"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 ...

World COPD Day 2025 Generally it is believed that COPD is a smoker’s cough but a pulmonologist explains how it is more than ...

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: ...

The wait at the restaurant in Troy was 2 1/2 hours - too long for two hungry tummies. So we took a seat at the bar area and ordered a meal. A few minutes later, we heard the sound of a woman coughing ...

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 ...

With the federal excise tax on cigarettes going into effect Wednesday, some smokers in the Bronx say they are ready to re-evaluate their lifestyles. Cigarettes in New York state are the most expensive ...

A digital billboard is encouraging smokers to quit by coughing every time someone walks past with a lit cigarette. The advert, created by Swedish pharmacy Apotek Hjärtat, is embedded with smoke ...

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 ...

R.J. Reynolds just started selling the “Williamsburg” version of its Camel cigarettes — and I don’t know whether to be offended as a smoker, a Williamsburger or a human being. As a smoker, I’m pissed ...

Oncologist Dr Satheesh warns of rising lung cancer cases among non-smokers in India, attributing it to pollution and indoor smoke.

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 ...