COUGHING WHEN QUITTING

[jillygirl]

I am putting this post on which Emjay put on a while ago. Hopefully help.

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Wondering why you have that awful dry cough? Or why you are couphing up all that horrible 'stuff'?

Here's a reason why it may be;

Smoking paralyses the tiny hairs, or cilia, which line your windpipe and helps to clear dirt and mucus out of your lungs. When you stop smoking, the cilia start to work properly again and so you may experience more coughing and phlegm. If you can imagine all those hairs laying flat for so long and now that you've stopped they kind of say "right lads, let's get back to work again" and as they start to move it causes a dry tickle... This is a positive sign of recovery, showing that your body is getting rid of the tar and toxins which smoking has left in your lungs.

These symptoms may last a while but can be soothed by drinking plenty of water or using sugar-free boiled sweets to help keep your throat moist.

Remembering that you are only coughing up what is not supposed to be there in the first place

However, if you're coughing persists and you become worried, please make an appointment to see your GP.

[MMoo]

Thanks jillygirl I love the image and the "right lads"

I never really had that smokers cough when I did smoke. When I think what color my fingers used to get! Yuck!

Why the hell I used to smoke for I will never understand.

I wish fags would be banned. When I look back on my life I can't see any positive effect smoking has had on my life.