This study has demonstrated that asymptomatic current cigarette smokers have a significantly diminished cough reflex relative to that of healthy nonsmokers. The inhibition of cough sensitivity due ...

Long-term smokers often have a chronic cough. They may get used to it, and perhaps also to being winded after climbing stairs. But there are good reasons to take these symptoms seriously ...

One in five smokers suffer from a persistent smokers' cough and yet the majority do not realise it could be an early warning sign of a devastating lung disease, doctors warned today. Furthermore ...