- Home
- Share
- Forum
- COPD Forum
- Living with COPD
- Did you smoke prior to developing COPD?
Patients COPD
Did you smoke prior to developing COPD?
- 291 views
- 20 times supported
- 24 comments
All comments
Go to the last comment
TrudyE
Yes I smoked for 40 years. I gave up the day I was told I had copd. 4 months later they told me I also had lung cancer.
See the signature
T. Edris
mrshall
@JosephineO As soon as I was diagnosed with COPD I stopped smoking with the help of my GP's practice nurse and patches. My husband and I both smoked for about 50 years plus we had smokey coal and wood fires. We started smoking when we were teenagers in the 1960s, He died of it and I'm suffering for it now as I can't walk far and can't talk and breathe at the same time. You live and learn!
See the signature
mrshall
twiggy29
I still smoking so hard to give up
See the signature
s. smith
Bobcaz
Good advisor
Yes smoked for over 40 years since 1950,s gave up 10 years ago .
See the signature
R brown
JazzyC
AmbassadorGood advisor
According to the latest research I have come across they reckon 1 in 5 of all people now being diagnosed with COPD have never smoked. This rather puts paid to the Dr who told me that as I have never smoked I couldn't have COPD.
See the signature
Janet Collins
Xboxwidow
Hi all, yes I've smoked since I was 12 now 59. gave up whilst in hospital with pneumonia for 9 months then had a tickly cough that wouldn't stop. Asked my other half for a puff of his fag and it stopped by the end of that week smoking again..... and still am
mel hodgson
Hi, I was smoking 40 cigs a day, I collapsed on holiday in Greece the doctor I saw have me an injection and told me see my GP when I got home. Saw my GP who referred me to the chest clinic, I was told if I didn,t stop smoking I would be dead in five years. I havn,t had a cig for 19 years I am now 74.
Petersson
Good advisor
I used to smoke but I actually quit some time before the diagnosis. Bad luck I guess. Does anyone else get really bad flareups from smoke in the air?
robert112
I smoked for over 50 yrs, I went to 2 smoking clinics taking tablets, But did not work, When my Grandson got killed 4yrs ago, I gave up that day, I think he helped me, RIEP Taylor x
JazzyC
AmbassadorGood advisor
In answer to Peters on yes I get bad flare ups if I go anywhere smoky. My daughter smokes but not indoors but I still find my chest tightens as soon as I walk in her cottage. If I pass a heavy smoker in the street that can be enough.
See the signature
Janet Collins
Give your opinion
Members are also commenting on...
Articles to discover...
05/12/2022 | Advice
13/10/2022 | Advice
20/04/2022 | Testimonial
COPD: "With time, I got used to the fact that I had to live with this disease."
11/03/2019 | Advice
16/11/2015 | News
08/11/2018 | Testimonial
21/03/2018 | Testimonial
Managing Asthma, COPD and Diabetes: steroids, side effects and food diary
Medication fact sheets - patient opinions...
Subscribe
You wish to be notified of new comments
Your subscription has been taken into account
JosephineO
Community managerGood advisor
Hello,
It is true that it isn't just smokers who can contract COPD. However, did you smoke before developing COPD? Did you stop smoking immediately or do you still smoke?
Please share :)