After reading all the posts about smells troubling our lungs got me thinking. It makes me wonder over the years is it all these toxic smells that have helped our lungs to be in this state. Smoking has always been the main cause blamed, but I remember when I was in my thirties (many moons ago) I hated polishing because my chest used to burn and can't explain the feeling in my nose. As everyone has mentioned, car fresheners, air fresheners, candles cleaning products and many many more things. If these things affect us so much shouldn't they all be looked into.
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I am with you there,did you no the u,k,is the most densived country for pollution,worse than u,s,and other countrys,thats a fact,
I agree certain cleaning products have always affected me but also I worked with a process that gave off carbon fibres for approx 15 years.So double whammy smoking and those carbon fibres. Oh woe is me!!
An abnoxious smell isn't necessarily harmful to healthy lungs. To damaged lungs any abnoxious smell can trigger an exacerbation in much the same way as high pollen count can and traffic pollution. I say ban the cars but just wear a mask in pollen season 
Some things are just not lung friendly for healthy lungs or damaged lungs. I am sure all the hairspray I inhaled as a kid not to mention the passive smoking I did caused me a lot of lung damage not counting the addition exposure to toxins as an adult.
I don't do any aerosols now, don't use plug in air fresheners, don't burn scented candles whether they smoke or not. I don't use anything that could harm my lungs or the environment. What affects one will affect the other.
I posted something a while back about incense burning, there was a study done on that, but then any kind of smoke is going to have an affect on lung health, smoke has toxins, some more than others, depending what is being burnt and what smoke we are inhaling.
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god, dont get me started. Those revolting joss sticks. Grrr. I had a lodger for 18 months who burnt them and had to fling open the windows & ask her to keep her door shut because they made me choke so much.
Back in the 80's when we lived in Libya I used an insecticide called Baygon on occasion. I knew then that it was toxic but it was dificult to find anything else at the time. Just couldn't stand cockroaches & hoped it would keep the scorpians out. I dread to think what I've done to my kids lungs. 
Car and air fresheners always affect me.
I blame traffic pollution as a major contributing factor in lung problems. I used to live in London and work down The Euston Road. I used to cough all the way into work - the traffic was back to back and so noisy you couldn't hear yourself think. But it's much easier and more fun to 'bash a smoker' instead.
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done a survey on London,its heaving with pollution,its been compared to china,and there its masks 24 7 ,,as u say its the ciggies,easy answer for the meds,
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I'm with you on that Hypercat. It's a bit better now with the rules about emissions and the Congestion Zone but still pretty bad.
Luckily I'm now near green spaces which help.
On the way to my docs we have to pass a large Starbucks with lots of outside sitting, what with the fag smoke & traffic fumes it's a bit of a mad dash. Even the docs run by 
My mum said I was to tell some mates, 'I cant' play with you because you smell,' I often wondered what she meant ! Was she protecting me ,I shall never know.
KOTC
Blackwall Tunnel in slow moving or traffic hold up. Nearly chokes me.
I agree, we live in a toxic society and it's causing so much damage. Another thing is, I was told that bronchiectasis is caused by certain illnesses, such as measles and whooping cough. I had both when I was little, in those days there were no preventative injections like today. Does anybody think that in the future because of the injections these illnesses will become rare, so this condition may also become rare. Do you think we can keep our fingers crossed for future generations?
I live about 100 yards from the very really busy 4 lane, A494 in North wales and sometimes you can smell the fumes right outside my front door. The Welsh Governments plan is/was ( still being debated) to make it into a super highway of 13 lanes to help the ecconomy of the area. When we locals complained about the increase in pollution they responded by telling us that because the traffic will move more quickly on this super highway, there will be less pollution. Do they think we are idiots? Doesnt really matter what we are because if "it helps the ecconomy" it will be done. I would put my house up for sale tomorrow except no one is going to buy a house with that project hanging about as being a possibilty. Public health is political.
smells of cleaning stuff triggers asthma attacks. My wife would like me to wear after shave, but they devastate my lungs, coughing. short of breath ...
Masks become wet with sputum (this is recognized by my consultant). I just keep of the bleach! Pity, my cleaner says bleach is a good disinfectant. In fact, it's wrong, bleach only bleach! I watched a programme about various hand wash products. apparently, it's not the power of these products that matter, it's how much we wash and how we thoroughly wash our hands. They found that ordinary bar soap removes more bacteria than the specialised antibacterial ones (which I still use for ease of use and because I think a bar of soap gets dirtier and dirtier on the side of the sink!)
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