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 ...

Smokers of all ages had mean FEV 1 % pred lower than non-smokers (96% vs 105% pred, p=0.003). Baseline cough score (last 24 h) was weakly related (r=−0.21, p=0.02) to limitations by cough during ...