I'm trying to dissuade my roommate from smoking, and she's got a godawful cough... it keeps me up at night. Anyway, she thinks it's just something going around because we live in the dorms and it's November, but I think it's smoker's cough.
She said she's smoked about 35 cigarettes ever, and I believe her because she did say a while ago that she was excited to start smoking.
So, could it be smoker's cough?
2007-11-01 16:31:16 · 9 answers · asked by Rat 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
The box on her desk says Kool, extra long and filtered.
2007-11-01 16:35:38 · update #1
Supposing that she stops smoking (which is unlikely), how long would it take for her cough to go away?
2007-11-01 16:36:44 · update #2
Having smoked for 6 years and never getting smokers cough, I'll have to say it differs between everyone. I doubt I'll ever get it, yet I know people who've gotten it after a few days, a few weeks, a few months, etc. Smokers cough doesn't usually persist though.
2007-11-01 16:35:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I definitely don't smoke because hey I'm a kid! But I know it can cause cancer, you stink, and you probably start coughing cause all the smoke. I have a cough at the beginning of school years and smoke just makes it worse so..... I don't know a whole lot about the subject but I guess it could be that because it effects some people differently then others I believe.
2007-11-01 16:39:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
first of all, i am not a smoker, but when i go to parties with people who are smoking, i will start to cough just from that. I dont think it takes long at all to develop problems from smoking
2007-11-01 16:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by mg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually when people start smoking it takes them a while to get used to puting smoke down their throat. I would suggest that if your going to start smoking anything it be marijuana. It just has more benifits with the same or less consiquences. any way a "smokers cough" traditionionaly means a deep chest cough that comes from all the tar build up in the lungs.
2007-11-01 16:39:15 · answer #4 · answered by bob hoskins 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have been smoking for 6 years and dont cough at all . . . . ever. And it depends on the person.
2016-03-13 21:33:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly doubt it. I've been smoking for a year and I haven't gotten it yet.
2007-11-01 16:34:39 · answer #6 · answered by orbit_gum 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it could. I smoke, I know shame on me, but about 40 maybe a lil more and I have a small one. It depends what kind she smokes, some are worse for you than others but she might have one.
2007-11-01 16:34:12 · answer #7 · answered by Hrscrzy4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All lungs are different.
It takes most people awhile to get their bodies used to inhaling cigarettes. I would guess her cough is more of a warning cough, like "Hey, cut it out."
2007-11-01 16:35:13 · answer #8 · answered by butt_boggle_4_all 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on my experience, about 4-5 years.
2017-02-16 17:15:58 · answer #9 · answered by lazurm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋