Quit Smoking : How to Get Rid of a Smoker's Cough

Getting rid of a smoker's cough after quitting involves getting plenty of exercise and drinking clear fluids like water and herbal tea. Avoid heavy dairy products, caffeine and sugar when eliminating smoker's cough with help from a smoking cessation specialist in this free video on ways to quit smoking.
Expert: Michela Christensen
Contact: www.breathecalifornia.org/
Bio: Michela Christensen is a tobacco cessation counselor working for Breathe California. Her class has helped hundreds of smokers stop smoking.
Filmmaker: Bing Hugh

[@gabrielmieses8096]

1. Drink lots of fluids; water, tea... 2. Avoid and stay away from: caffeine, heavy sugar content. 3. Be persistent and disciplined

[@naam9484]

stay away cafein 😳

[@Aidzie]

Thank you!

[@TKara-bi6in]

This was so informative thank you

[@maverickkosaky9771]

Now we’re talking I thank you for this sis this video helps a lot I was gonna do the same thing and believe me I have a cough 😷 too trying so hard to get rid of it I loved your video I hope you and your ohana be happy happy aloha Sunday and advance merry Christmas to y’all aloha 🤙🏽

[@exceptional04]

Thank you so much for this information! Your Amazing!

[@thedemon2380]

I’m coughing at the moment, help me 🤕😫🥺

[@MikeGreenwood51]

Try Nicorette NRT replacement spray. It has helped me quit 155 days this year so far. I still cough. But the agony of coughing day and night week after week and month after month has gone. You know I could only short of half cough as the abdomen muscles are seemed exhausted or bruised from coughing. When I had company and needed a whole cough I needed to brace for the pain and threat of busting something or doing a serious injury. Get your self some vapour as well. Even if you can't stop smoking start spraying the incorrect spray. That is easy. As you still get the cigarette but you get extra drug so you put the cigarette down soon as you don't need it as you already have the nicotine. I tried all sorts for about 10 years. But nothing I did could beat that cup of coffee. Until I got my first Nicorette spay. It was amazing. I could never have imagined a spay could change thoughts in my head. Insatiable thoughts of a supposed addict. But it's amazing. That desire just goes away. If you light up take a spay as well. In the evening watching a mindless movie toke on a vape mindlessly in stead of smoke and nicotine. You may not notice at first but keep at it. If you have a ciggy in your mindless hand reach also for the spray or vape and use that as well. Think of it as the next level if you need. Like moving on from a cigarette in one hand to a nicotine delivery device in both hands. You maybe won't notice a much difference at first. But after a few weeks you may start seeing how funny it is because that incessant thought to have a cigarette nicotine deliver is slowing right down. You may even laugh at how mad it looks because you have like two going at the same time. Then other weird never imagined stuff may start happening when you go out and realise that when in a public place you just reached for the Nicorette and didn't bother going out side to smoke. As the spay is easier. So thinks start happening sort of naturally weeks down the line. Then as happened to me you are sat in one of those situations where you just seemed to smoke all the time and you realise it's the afternoon and you had forgotten to smoke. If your brain has the nicotine in the bodies cells why is it even going to prompt you to have a smoke. It doesn't need a smoke. It's not addicted to shit that shits up your body. So that may be when you think something miraculous or magazine happened. After all those years of the same incessant routine you just forgot to smoke and you had had a cup of coffee.But be careful as after about 6 months you may notice your coffee consumption goes down (if you drink coffee that is). Right now I like want a coffee as I hardly drank any in the last week but it's like I can't. It's like the stupefying smoke has put my abdominal back on line and now it tells my brain no more coffee. So I kind off miss the coffee even though a cup is in front of me right now. But my brain is being told or ordered by my abdomen or somewhere else. I think maybe my solar plexus. But first ask yourself to make sure whether if you could easily give up with out any pain, with out any stress or extra stress would you give up? IE have you reached to point yet where you are prepared to tell yourself that the cigarettes are something you would prefer to do with out if you could. If yes. Then get some spray. It's the spray I recommend not patches (seem to mild and not fast enough of strong enough to stop a smoker in my opinion). But the spray has the instant kick to over power urges from what ever organ its is that is over powering you and telling you to smoke.I have a few other things I use as well. I just coughed but is was painless and just a little one.

[@gershwinm6796]

Drink cough medicine

[@dominiquegobeil5831]

Drink 10 cups of water!

[@dogra4924]

Also 🙂

[@baronghede2365]

Demon: drink green tea to detox your lungs, Blessed Be.

[@Rightman123]

Love your honest answer......Love from India

[@louisbarningham]

Thanks for the vid

[@thehoop74]

I havent seen smokers phlegm looking like tar if that is what you say theyre coughing up. Its moatly clear or frothy or maybe yellow tinged in the case of an infection. Or the bad part coughing up blood.

[@TANTHEMANFILMS]

1 week to six months.. xD dam can you get a better range??!!

[@not..A..channel]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@not..A..channel]

like 4-5 yrs

[@mb3214]

Inspirational thanks for sharing. 😥🤧😪😧😤

[@haydenhartley1852]

Quit vaping after 3 years, Things were rough but I remembered it’s mental game, Well anyway I got smokers lung i smoke weed not 24/7 but still enough and I notice a cough that last for about 5 mins were I can’t breathe and almost to death Lmaoo but quit and inspire others!

[@dominiccage4015]

was the cough from vaping or weed ?

[@void7760]

i’ve been coughing for three weeks already and i quit smoking should i go see a doctor ?

[@lawrencehackett6479]

I'm a month out Wednesday. And chest kills me but yea water will be drank. Feels good

[@IRONMan-gl2xr]

Now how u feeling

[@MarshallMathersthe7th]

If you want to sleep at night its good to get less cafeine. You see nictotine makes the cafeine go away faster. Since you dont get any nicotine anymore the cafeine can do its thing and thats keeping you awake!

[@LindaLundinColoringBooks]

I don't get no exercise. Suffering to badly from depression. I quit caffeine and ciggarettes at the same time. Now it's been 106 days and i'm still having trouble sleeping at night and depression.

[@noctsickversus9632]

Can I help you?

[@LindaLundinColoringBooks]

Can you make sure it's illegal to sell poisonous crap like smokes, i would be grateful.

[@noctsickversus9632]

@@LindaLundinColoringBooks Mh my dear girl. The problem is not what they sell, is what people wants. Cigarettes are there to kill people cause there are too many poor people. Poor are such cause rich must be such. Basically, with no cigarettes and to be fair ALCHOL , the government guys will already been all dead because popular revolution

[@noctsickversus9632]

@@LindaLundinColoringBooks therefore this dangerous drugs make the good stuff like thc seem like the devil at the eyes of many. So wrong.

[@raywpennjr6862]

Yeah hate when they smoke at night 2 packs each night for 40 to fifty years and you wake up coughing like crazy and you don't smoke is that a second hand smokers cough

[@song6995]

doesn't tea contain caffeine?

[@khaleda3844]

Yes it does, a lot of it actually..

[@l.pmoonstone5067]

Herbal decaffeinated teas lol

[@yahyaelmi8435]

Who ez Jur papi? Us amojer don’t have any options , the period of the 1st 3 month is like being a zombie . Nothing seems to help . But honey lemon water plus raw ginger helps to clear the lungs . I am a fan of tea , but I will not consume it for the next 3 month

[@frankeason2981]

@@khaleda3844 not as much as coffee also you can get it withou caffeine

[@afenismama]

@@khaleda3844 no, not all of them besides there is decaffeinated tea just as there is decaffeinated coffee smh

[@lidwina1305]

Did someone have a smokers cough and did it disappear when you quit? How long did it take for it to go away?

[@FloorPills]

Yes, I had a lingering cough for a good week to 2 weeks before I quit. (I smoked everyday multiple times a day for a good few months, fyi It might be different because I smoked weed instead of tobacco.)

[@phelanwilkinsjr7400]

@@FloorPillsok so I was smoking a dispo and the night before I was fine and then all of a sudden it came the next morning, how long do u think this will last? Like I’m going to the gym drinking water/ tea etc.

[@mrsikes410]

@@FloorPillsI smoke weed with tobacco and should I be worried if I’m 23?

[@1000dotsdeath]

Thank you ! You beautiful mind you

[@mohabiraq1]

I quit smoking but i didn't cough is that normal??

[@gensyed]

i havestoppedsmoking for almost 2 years, 7 months ago, I started to have this persistent cough which does not seem to go away. Please advice.

[@teradaddyhinduhindu4847]

same here

[@KarlKash]

That doesnt make sense

[@JustActNormal]

It's basically low key bronchitis. Exercise to help repair lungs

[@vralicia]

I’ve also heard about nervous caughing which is a whole different thing but is persistent af

[@yvettemcleod2196]

Thanks makhalla

[@mohabiraq1]

@Gnarkill9095 I was smoking Rothmans and Marlboro red , i never smoked the light, i was smoking for about 10 years 10 cigarets a day and maybe a little more.

[@madbutcher8446]

You got to have faith lady life is 50/50 chance

[@user-ph3cf1pi2e]

I only smoked like three blunts for my first time and my throat and lungs have been wheezing terribly ever since do you know when Ill get over it

[@turf5360]

Sleep more. The more the hours the better For smokers nicotine takes 6 hrs to go away so try to sleep more hours and stay persistent during withdrawal

[@BroxolDM-co5mw]

Best video.. except the last bit

[@jimaton58]

Ok so im just having a smoker's cough. I just overthink too much something like lung cancer. I quit smoking for over a month now and im still coughing

[@the_littlelala]

Better now?

[@Dhragonfly]

@zZganjaProfit420 switch to using a vapourizer for green. or try getting into eating it, instead, or at least cut down on smoking the green.

[@zormar0]

thanks for the info! i am in the process of quiting today is my second day of cutting down. only smokin two cigs today and tomorrow and the next day is one cigarette each day. ^^ then none!

[@bdover8601]

Zormar0 good job

[@chintamanipandit37]

It doesn't work like that

[@505tonya]

I'm at one short a day

[@tothepointreviews9675]

Tea has caffeine though?

[@tlgdasboot222]

I feel like I have saliva constantly tickling my air way. Is that the sign of smokers cough? I quit a week ago

[@gang6009]

It's a good sign

[@nutananasuri6516]

​@@gang6009how's that a good sign??

[@MustafaRajab]

her tone was full of frustration !!

[@beedykh2235]

Doesn't matter. The information she is sharing is what's important.

[@stretchdaily7290]

Sea moss is great for the lungs

[@jgaudio69]

My question is why would you want to stop tour lungs from kicking out the tar and crap that's built up in them????

[@jesskarose2446]

Hey that's a good point, thankyou!

[@liamhughes4829]

because it fucking kills mate

[@adambell3136]

Can cause scarring on lung tissue and is extremely bad for you throat and vocal cords. Basically you just want it to be cleared naturally without the need to cough

[@lilziro1662]

adam for real facts!

[@herculeszeus3825]

So you should drink juices and in the next sentence it says you should not drink anything with sugar...??? How does that go together? You are aware that juices are fructose bombs right? So what are we supposed to do? Can't take it seriously.

[@anaveragepakistani]

The easiest thing on earth is quitting smoking . I know it because I’ve done it thousands times

[@anaveragepakistani]

Yams Ondeck i never knew about nic salt. But i think i’ll try it now

[@josephorossi]

im not sure if this is a joke. but if u quit a thousand times that means u went back to it an equal amount of times😂

[@anaveragepakistani]

Joe , wow you just understood 😂🥳

[@josephorossi]

Usama Asghar no i understood it right away actually. i figured it was a joke lol

[@anaveragepakistani]

Joe indeed it was a joke but in reality it happens with me. The more i try to quit the more I actually smoke

[@jdssurf]

Anyone ever have horse or sore throat for weeks after quitting?

[@afenismama]

🐎 throat 😂 hoarse throat is common from the smokers cough and lungs clearing.

[@danny9905]

But tea contains caffeine?

[@lilziro1662]

Day 1

[@mushhy4668]

I quit smoking 2 months ago and i still cough bad. Help

[@kajulk453]

Still today

[@JustActNormal]

I've been smoke free for 3 months and I cough so bad all day long

[@RJ06BGMI]

Same duration same situation

[@duskthunder9274]

I don’t have the cough as much as I have trouble getting deep breathes

[@Riggersa]

@Pe721 Why should she?

[@Ghostrex101]

I quit 3 weeks ago and after 2 weeks I am starting to cough like crazy! Everyone thinks I am sick, I have trouble sleeping at night and my eye balls hurt from so much coughing. I am going crazy!

[@noctsickversus9632]

How is it going?

[@Ghostrex101]

@@noctsickversus9632 The coughing has disappeared, though I'm having difficult times only when I see other people smoking

[@Ghostrex101]

@@noctsickversus9632 KZbin deleted my comments

[@zZganjaProfit420]

what about somone that smokes both green and cigs

[@duskthunder9274]

Stop both

[@PeaceLoveAndRico]

Still noone is talking about the possible benefits and (nonpopular) reasons why some people smoke...everything is "fear tobacco, you're already dead!"

[@duskthunder9274]

??

[@samantha9930]

🙃🙃😮‍💨

[@Papabandana]

Maybe an argument can be said for Marijuana, but I think cigarettes are just plain out known to have almost no benefits.

[@IRONMan-gl2xr]

I smoked for 8 yesrs but now i quit ..After 6 days of Quitting.... i started coughing...not too much and Acid reflux in my stomach.... and gas issue I started drinking lots of water now Yes i am scared for my health now ....

[@kajulk453]

How is ur health ? Ur cough stopped?

[@IRONMan-gl2xr]

@@kajulk453 yes my cough is stop and get 98% relief from acid reflux

[@nutananasuri6516]

​@@IRONMan-gl2xrafter how many weeks coughing stopped?

[@nightowl5703]

Same here!!! Due to weed and cigarettes!

[@infamoussydney1697]

I just had a gallon of coffee and i can't stop coughing. Fuck!

[@animationnation777]

I already drink 12 glasses of water

[@hainsmustapha259]

imm coughing with blood help me.

[@Deloofftheboof]

Hains Mustapha see a doctor could be deadly

[@EzequielMartin55vf]

Go to doctor bro immediately it might be an infection

[@afenismama]

Not good, see a dr

[@greenlifesaves]

I started to smoke again due to stress

[@MikeGreenwood51]

Try getting some nicotine spray. I failed multiple times giving up over more than 10 years due to stress. You may of course still get stress but you can does your self with clean nicotine and get rid of the desire to smoke for your nicotine.

[@TheTommyKeavy]

Vape, dude.

[@lilziro1662]

S M O K E WEED INSTEAD!

[@lilziro1662]

Michael Greenwood you do realise that the nicotine and chemicals in tobacco cause more stress anxiety and a whole lot more right mood swings etc , then you think oh shit a ciggie will help “calm me down” but it’s doing the complete opposite it’s making you more stressed btw FACTs :)

[@afenismama]

And now you can add more stress to your body and mental by smoking🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

[@bobmiller970]

why is caffeine something to stay away from

[@savagefarmert]

Cause it's not good 4 u 😐

[@devinroberts1246]

because its counterproductive, it dehydrates you, no point in hydrating if you are just going to suck the water back out of your body

[@ashrafisaim]

"You can get things like tea, try to avoid caffeine." Wow! 😐😐

[@saady23]

There are alot of teas without caffeine

[@afenismama]

All tea doesn't have caffeine🤦🏾‍♀️😒

[@LinkBeats15]

what will happen if you continue to smoke ciggerets with the smokers cough??

[@duskthunder9274]

@Linky Link it will get worse

[@afenismama]

Emphysema, copd,asthma, etc. Also, if you spell cigarettes as ciggerets, you really shouldn't be smoking lol

[@LinkBeats15]

@@afenismamaDude I haven't smoked a port in 10+ years to the point I forgot how to spell ciggeret, Ctfu!!!, I smoke weed and weed only

[@editorkokichi1773]

(0:36) Me drinking red bull while watching this: 👁️👄👁️

[@wizardsavage.9436]

smoking is so bad yet people continue to smoke. we need to get to god. all the hate and issues and addictions and struggles people go through is no joke.

[@kapilkapoor3327]

But tea have caffeine?

[@afenismama]

Less than coffee and there are also decaffeinated teas

[@yeetergriffin7679]

I've only drink monster and milk

[@BaronDMc]

@ironbith ahhh yeah it happens after u stop smoking, hence the reason 'I'm' watching this video

[@princeofdarkkness]

Mullein tea helps clean the lungs.

[@3agram]

THC sticks to the lungs bro, invest in a vaporiser and save yourself and your family the heartache of telling them your going to die cos you smoked too much. You can still get baked without sacrificing your lungs :)

[@duskthunder9274]

Facts u can still recover it just takes wayyy longer

[@user-ph3cf1pi2e]

I only smoked like three blunts for my first time and my throat and lungs have been wheezing terribly ever since do you know when Ill get over it

[@Buh4s]

Im only 14 smokings ruining me 🥲

[@GraveModel0]

Same bro i cough for 3 weeks now ik Im leaving soon lol

[@noctsickversus9632]

STOP! YOU CAN STOP! Right now ! You're not alone!!

[@oduneyeman]

I been smoking weed ever since I was a teen. My lungs right now are so messed up right now. I am quitting.... right after this last joint.

[@kareemaldewe]

oduneyeman what are your effects?

[@oduneyeman]

@@kareemaldewe shortness of breath, not able to run, dizziness, coughing, wheezing, phlegm. Then I also been dealing with a recurring sore throats recently and small loss of taste and smell, increased snoring, bloody and dry nose. Man I am telling you I screwed up my respiratory system.

[@kareemaldewe]

oduneyeman oh I used to smoke pure weed but I’ve started to add tobacco and smoke joints to save my weed make it last

[@duskthunder9274]

oduneyeman just stop smoking

[@oduneyeman]

@@duskthunder9274 Thanks for the encouragement. If it wasn't for your message I wouldn't have realised that a whole year had gone by and I am still in this hole. That fact hit me pretty hard. Thanks

[@joshuatidwell858]

Idk. I have iron lungs or sum. I can smoke grams of wax and bud. I don't cough like that.

[@kareemaldewe]

Joshua Tidwell do you smoke pure weed or mix with tobacco?

[@joshuatidwell858]

@@kareemaldewe I smoke blunts. And joint. Sometimes bowls.

[@kareemaldewe]

Joshua Tidwell nice I started smoking joints to make my weed last but I don’t smoke cigarettes also

[@joshuatidwell858]

@@kareemaldewe I'm going to stop smoking blunt and backwoods cause I have really bad mucus from it. But joint honestly give a better high and you can really make your weed last with joints bro. Happy smoking bro.

[@kareemaldewe]

Joshua Tidwell okay nice thanks bro

[@itzmrzeke]

fam why she look like my grade 9 teacher 😂

[@tababaaldjan1859]

what about weed can you smoke weed?

[@afenismama]

Counterproductive to switch smoking one thing and smoke another...the point is to clear the lungs.

[@obedientfire840]

Damn . She should start Smoking again 😂😂 check that weight gain lol

[@herbbaines1909]

Fuck I drink nothing but caffeine and soda

[@alizulqarnain9380]

All illusions just cough

[@arkirace2583]

People might think I got covid19.

[@afenismama]

So what? lol

[@IronBitch-SapphireandIron]

Ya stop smoking!!!!!!!!

[@codymcgonagill5392]

Well I guess I'm going to have to deal with the cough because I'm NOT giving up cigarettes and dr. Pepper at the same time.

[@vooligan9499]

Quit the cigarettes, drink lots of water, whenever you get a craving for a cigarette have a shot of Dr Pepper. Have two cravings going at once and replace the satisfaction of both by having the hit of dopamine when you have the other to reward yourself to offset the other.

[@dan7023]

Stay away from heavy sugar content and then suggest fruit juice 🤨

[@kimmykat89]

Xoxoxo

[@Sunburn2008]

NO.

[@staypressed8840]

i dont even smoke

[@duskthunder9274]

Good for u

[@staypressed8840]

DuskThunder9 🤟 THanks I guess

[@steadyathome5201]

Being overweight is not healthy either. 🤨

[@Asrarulhaq2011]

'Stay away from the high sugar and caffeine', she said, as her jowls wobbled...

[@louisbarningham]

Quit smoking! Its gross and kills

[@duskthunder9274]

Facts

[@barzogaming3309]

I smoked again 😭😭😭😭😭

[@blazetigerwater]

plz loose weight not healthy not safe

[@QosmioBlaze]

A kid at my middle school smokes weed. He says it himself and his shirts smell like it. I try to stay as far away from him as possible

[@coolhand1598]

Weed isn't bad btw get to know someone before you judge them because they do something you don't like

[@JamesBond-ql6ec]

@@coolhand1598 6 years late bro

[@arinarin4934]

Mysterious Gamer 6 yearss.hahaha

[@herored1204]

@@coolhand1598 this kids graduated college by now

[@duskthunder9274]

Reis Day (2022) stop ur gonna fuck up ur lungs

[@arupdutta7833]

Mam you should start to diet

[@saffanat]

Smoking weed is bad for you, just in a different way. It causes paranoia and Schizophrenia. I personally know 2 people that this happened to. Not a good way to live.

[@duskthunder9274]

just eat it

[@afenismama]

That's THEM. There is no concrete evidence that this occurs with EVERY weed smoker. Marijuana can have quite a relaxing effect and has positive medicinal qualities. I use it for my chronic pain and to relax my anxiety.

[@RockyTexas]

how about someone lets this lady know that obesity kills people as well. smdh

[@EthanGalvez-jy7jf]

Dis smikers cough been on for like a month but mama aint raise no quiter

[@vicky88151]

That’s the spirit , Lfg