I feel like i am having asthma almost, how do cigarettes cause this?

Question

i quit smoking for 7 months, been working in the heat a lot lately outdoors and started smoking again for the past couple of weeks.

I feel like i am having trouble breathing nearly.

What do you advise? (besides quitting smoking again)

Answer 1

Quit smoking again... idiot

Answer 2

I also have asthma. When i used to smoke, My asthmatic symptoms came quite often. I'm constantly wheezing. I couldn't catch my breath. I had to use an aerosol inhaler. eventually, it got so bad that aside from being on oral meds, I had o use adjunct therapy. I had to use a nebulizer breathing apparatus. Since I quit smoking, some three yrs ago, I breathe and feel so much better.


Much that I like to reassure you to avoid stress; that's not the only measure required to abate your asthma. And cigarette smoking is not the only stress reliever there is. Most if not all cigarettes have 1- 2mgm of Nicotinic acid. It's a vasoconstrictor and thus closes or narrows the lumen of the bronchioles disabling you from taking big breaths. causing respiratory difficulty.


It's bad enough to work under humid and hot climates. It can totally zap your energy. You don't need this bad smoking habit to rob you of clean fresh air.and a better quality of life. I have taken care of a lot of pts with emphysema and COPD. I tell you they have a hard time getting enough sleep and rest. They have to sleep sitting up. Every breath they take seems to take all the efforts and energy they got .


I've tried mentholated, filtered and low tar and low nicotine cigarettes to no avail. Moreover, a single cigarette has a lot of other toxic chemicals hazardous to one with compromised lung capacity.

Believe me, I researched on this and found a lot. Go to my profile and look up a similar question that I answered. Now, I can hold my breath literally for long periods.

In addition, get rid of all area rugs. Try to keep the house dust-free and molds-free. Asthma is also a form of allergy.

Answer 3

I don't know if smoking causes asthma but I am certain that is does not help. In fact apart from paying taxes on my behalf (thank you very much) smoking is not good for anyone except the people who sell tobacco who are making a fortune out of silly people like you. If you are anxious to die a slow painful death 5 to 10 years sooner than you naturally should then carry on smoking and you stand an excellent chance of doing just that

Answer 4

I was diagnosed with asthma a few years ago and used an inhalor on a daily basis. I gave up smoking 4 months ago and haven't used my inhalor for the last 2 months, however I am conscious that I probably still have asthma because I can't produce a lot of breath when using the asthma breath measurer thingamy. I would get yourself checked out as I was late being diagnosed - you never know!

Answer 5

Hahaha, are you seriously asking how you can heal your lungs, but at the same time continue to destroy them with cigarettes?

That sounds like the man who wants his hand to stop hurting, but refuses to stop hitting it with a hammer.

If you don't like the consequences of smoking, then stop.


To answer your question however, smoking irritates the lining of your esophagus quite a bit. Because of this, the tissue becomes hyperreactive and becomes swollen... this is what causes your 'asthma'.

Good luck with the whole lung thing.

Answer 6

Cigarettes do not cause asthma, though they may trigger attacks in existing sufferers, they do however cause COPD, by chemically damaging the lungs. There is NO known way to prevent this except not smoking!

What you are effectively asking for is an antidote for smoking, there isn't one!

Answer 7

Once the lungs are damaged they do not heal themselves.
Smoking Does harm the lungs. I am on oxygen 24/7
and have been for the last couple of years. I stopped
smoking in April 05.

Answer 8

Smoking is unnatural. It's inevitable that your breathing would be affected at some time

To ask us what can I do (except give up smoking) is like asking our advice on how not to get burnt (except holding your hand in the fire)
The only sensible thing to do is to give up the cigarettes

Answer 9

Quit smoking not again, but for good. 90% of lung cancer arises because of smoking. Instead of relying on nicotine to calm the nerves, try Valerian in moderation and exercise.

Answer 10

well.. when you stopped your arteries would have started repairing, and now they are getting clogged up again, and u may well have asthma!
But all i can say is dont quit smoking until you are ready, mi mate did, and she started again after 2 years, cos she wasnt ready.. but good luck for the future, and go see a doctor about the asthma thing..x

Answer 11

the tar destroys the small pockets in your lungs reducing their capacity - its irreversible you are already on the way to the morgue STOP NOW!
I have just endured years of watching my once fully active father reduced to a cripple and finally spending the last six months of his life in a hospital bed struggling for every breath - hours of confusion and mental debilitation as even his brain was not getting enough oxygen
i repeat
STOP NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!

DO YOU THINK SO LITTLE OF YOUR FAMILY THAT YOU WOULD PUT THEM THROUGH THAT EVEN AFTER BEING WARNED?