Smokers Cough?

[ChaosTheory]

I don't know about anybody else, but when I quit smoking and picked up vaping.. I didn't really get the anticipated 2 -3 week coughing fits for when the cilia grows back in your lungs. Maybe the vaping is preventing regrowth? I do notice that I'm, on occasion, coughin' up some nasty .... that I never did before. My theory is that it is the tar and what not breakin' up gradually as my lungs recover from smokin, but I'm not sure.. Anybody else experience this when they quit tobacco?


cheers

 

[SubSplat]

Yeah, I had that too for a while. Not that long though. How long have you been a smoker?

 

[jdrewry]

It's different for everyone--I'm willing to bet it depends on the type of analogs you were smoking, and how much. I went through the coughing for maybe 2-3 days, but it was light.

 

[DaveP]

Everyone has slightly different symptoms when quitting tobacco. Coughing up the nasty stuff is normal. Several weeks out, you will start to notice much improvement in your lungs and the tobacco withdrawal symptoms will subside. Lots of people think vaping is causing it, but chances are quitting tobacco cold turkey without vaping would produce the same effect.

 

[etrnldrk]

I had a mild cough for a few days, but nothing major. I have smoked Marlboro Mediums for about 13 years or so, about a pack and a half a day, but no real ill effects after dropping the analogs this last time. I can breathe better which in turn helps my running, and that is worth any cough as long as I have quit smoking.

 

[ChaosTheory]

I smoked Basics for about 10 years, pack a day sober, three packs in a night drinkin'. I don't think vaping is causing it, I think it's the tar being broken down.. just want to make sure I'm right.. i mean, it makes sense.

 

[CarbonThief]

Yes, same thing going on, for over three weeks now. I may be fighting a cold/bronchitis (runny nose during this time as well) concurrently though, which obviously isn't helping.

It is my theory that in addition to the cilia growing back, helping to clear the built up tars and nasty smoke covered mucous, the vaporized liquids (PG/VG and some water drawn out of our mucous membranes from what I've read) combines with the mucous which would add to the volume and thin it out to make the cough more "productive".

Just my theory though.

Carbon

 

[mafig]

30yrs on analogs,i used to cough frequently & spew out yellowish phlegm esp night time..now vaping for 10 months i seldom cough & spew out phlegm that is clear..think it is a good sign,my lung healing..regards mafig

 

[Warren D. Lockaby]

I smoked Basics for about 10 years, pack a day sober, three packs in a night drinkin'. I don't think vaping is causing it, I think it's the tar being broken down.. just want to make sure I'm right.. i mean, it makes sense.

I think for me I'd had the old dry, hacking "smoker's cough" so regularly and for so long I didn't even think about it. But then when I started vaping that cough became productive... it was no longer dry, and I had to start finding a place to spit that stuff out. That unaccustomed inconvenience got my attention and of course I wondered (briefly) what was wrong. Fortunately it didn't take me long to come to the same conclusion you seem to have reached - our bodies are taking this opportunity to flush out some of the garbage we've been pumping into them all these years. Also, I expect the vapor may help with this a little bit, but don't know that for sure. Anyway Happy vaping!

 

[radeljack]

I coughed up nasty stuff for a couple of weeks, now the smokers cough is gone, I do irritate my throat occasionally depending on the juice I vape.51 days analogy free.

 

[kabonk]

30 years of smoking you'd think I would have hacked up all kinds of crap when I quit smoking but it's been over a year and it hasn't happened yet though I did have a nasty smokers hack when I quit it went away pretty fast like in the first week

 

[TamiP]

I had it for a couple of days, but before I quit smoking I had a HORRIBLE smoker's cough. I'd hack, and cough at various times throughout the day like I was coughing up a lung----2 weeks quit and GONE. I also would lay down at night and my sinuses would immediately close up, and I'd have to make these horrible noises breathing hard in while pressing on my sinuses (no blowing wouldn't work, it was swollen closed, not plugged up) now... I lay down and everything is just fine. I breathe just fine. At various times during the past 2 years I'd wake up with a start feeling like I was gasping for are (sleep apnea) but now... nope.

The coughing will pass, it's a process, but it's actually a lot faster than you might think.

 

[ChaosTheory]

My new theory is that new research will yield that vaping is not only healthier than smoking cigarettes, but that it is healthier than breathing normal air. Who's with me? Who's with me???

 

[noobi]

I can't wait until my smokers cough is gone

 

[tribeofasher]

I smoked for over 30 years and I had a smokers cough. I had that gurgling in my lungs. Doctor would listen to my chest and say "you're a smoker". I've been vaping for 2 months now, haven't touched an analog since and no more smokers cough. I also noticed the smell of other smokers that I never noticed before.

 

[Vapourscience]

quit 2 weeks ago been vaping heavy all day no coughing upo crap or anything of the sort at all

 

[classwife]

Moved to Health, Safety and E-Smoking

 

[videvinci]

My new theory is that new research will yield that vaping is not only healthier than smoking cigarettes, but that it is healthier than breathing normal air. Who's with me? Who's with me???

This is what I call, wishful thinking - hehe

 

[kodykills]

It happened to me too, along with a soar throat. A little over 2 years later its gone.. all the side effects from smoking completely gone. Its just simply amazing.

 

[Smokin'Sandy]

I was wondering if vaping was causing that nagging, little uuuuuhhmmmmm throat clearing that I have started doing for the last week or so. I never had a smoker's cough even after smoking for more than 35 years. Now, I have one after I quit smoking. I hope it will go away.