Did you smoke prior to developing COPD?

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08/07/2019 at 11:43

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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?

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TrudyE

29/08/2019 at 20:03

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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.

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T. Edris

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@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!

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twiggy29

30/09/2019 at 14:51

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I still smoking so hard to give up

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s. smith

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01/10/2019 at 10:40

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Yes smoked for over 40 years since 1950,s gave up 10 years ago .

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Did you smoke prior to developing COPD? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/other-discussions/living-with-copd/did-you-smoke-prior-to-contracting-copd-2886 2019-10-01 10:40:17

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02/10/2019 at 14:52

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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.

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Janet Collins

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Xboxwidow

07/10/2019 at 19:07

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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

Did you smoke prior to developing COPD? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/other-discussions/living-with-copd/did-you-smoke-prior-to-contracting-copd-2886 2019-10-07 19:07:49

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08/10/2019 at 20:59

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.

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15/11/2019 at 15:19

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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?

Did you smoke prior to developing COPD? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/other-discussions/living-with-copd/did-you-smoke-prior-to-contracting-copd-2886 2019-11-15 15:19:15

robert112

07/01/2020 at 10:55

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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

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08/01/2020 at 09:31

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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.

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Janet Collins

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