dad's cure for smokers cough

[al_26]

I thought about this the other day when I started to cough because I had been cutting back on smoking. When I ended up with bronchitis when I was a teenager, my father's answer was, "you know what helps with a cough? smoke another cigarette. It supresses the cough." No, I'm actually not joking. Great advice pop's. Thanks!

[gafan]

What's sad is I heard the same thing, and everytime I would walk outside and smoke in the morning I would think "maybe I will stop coughing"! Oh it's amazing how sick your mind becomes after so much brainwashing...LOL...It takes one cigarette to get us to where we were, and a lifetime to stay smoke free. Strange how that works!

[katies1985]

Oh geez, I wish that phrase sounded a little more inviting lol

"It takes one cigarette to get us to where we were, and a lifetime to stay smoke free."

[angelynna]

It's sort of true... the reason we cough is usually because there is something in our lungs/throat that needs to get out, and that dirt and dust and whatever is caught by the cilia in our lungs which work to get the substance out.  cigarette smoke destroys/disables the cilia, so, they can't work as hard to get the crap out, and we stop coughing.  then when we don't smoke for a while they start to work again and that's why the cough comes back.  

the only way to stop the cycle, of course, is to quit smoking and go through the recovery period.

[brian39]

Cig companies do add chemicals to open the air way so in a strange way he was right, Ever notice it was "easier" to breath after you first smoke of the day.

[hopey]

Now I know why I cough so much in the morning but it stops....

[neen]

I never heard that.....good thing cuase I was always looking for a reason to smole another one.....LOL

glad we dont have to worry about all this anymore!