It should pass,
healing takes time, however if you dont see some much improvement after about two weeks or so go to the doctor and get checked.
I smoked in excess of 2 packs a day for better than 30 yrs and never developed any cough befor or after quit, but there are too many diseases that can be concealed by the smoking,
Smoke depresses normal body reactions to many issues, once a quit is on its way the issues can become apparant.
Stop Smoking Recovery Timetable
Within ... You can expect ...
20 minutes
... your blood pressure and pulse rate to return to normal. The temperature of your hands and feet will also have returned to normal.
8 hours
... your blood oxygen levels to have increased to normal limits and carbon monoxide levels to have dropped to normal.
24 hours
...your risk of sudden heart attack to have substantially decreased.
48 hours
... nerve endings to start regrowing and your sense of smell and taste to begin returning to normal.
72 hours
... your entire body to test 100% nicotine-free with over 90% of all nicotine metabolites to have now passed through your urine. You can also expect the symptoms of chemical withdrawal to have peaked in intensity. Your bronchial tubes will begin relaxing and thus make breathing easier, and your lung capacity will also begin to increase.
10 days to 2 weeks
... your body to have adjusted to the physical functioning without nicotine and the 3,500 particles and more than 500 gases present in each puff.
3 weeks to 3 months
... your circulation to have improved substantially, for walking to have become easier, and your overall lung function to have shown an amazing increase of up to thirty percent.
1 to 9 months
... any sinus congestion, fatigue, and shortness of breath to have decreased. Cilia have regrown in your lungs thereby increasing their ability to handle mucus, keep your lungs clean, and reduce infections. Your body's overall energy will have increased.
1 year
... your excess risk of coronary heart disease to drop to less than half that of a smoker.
5 years
... your risk of stroke is reduced to that of a nonsmoker at 5-15 years after quitting.
10 years
... your risk of death from lung cancer to have decreased by almost half if you were an average smoker (one pack a day). Your risk of cancer of the mouth, throat and esophagus is now half that of a smoker's.
15 years
... your risk of coronary heart disease to now be that of a person who has never smoked. Your overall risk of death has returned to nearly that of a person who has never smoked.
RJ...Free at last after 32+yrs.
