I was a smoker for 30 yeas but I quit smoking about 2 years ago. The problem I am facing now is cough or rather chronic cough with will last for about 2 to 3 weeks. During my smoking years I do have cough but not as bad as I am having now after quitting smoking. I have taken many type of cough medicines. When I coughed it will last for about 20 to 30 second non stop. At night during sleep I can't breath properly because of stuffy nose. I will automatically breath thru' my mouth and throuth will be dry. I sometime wonder whether there is any connection between my quitting smoking and the cough that I am having now. I feel like I want to start smoking again because I can't stand the irritation and the pain in my chest when I cough. Please give me an explanation. Thank You.

Its obviously difficult to say anything with certainty here, but having smoked for so long its quite possible that you have residual damage to your lungs. Normally this would be called COPD or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. I won't go into all the specifics but its very likely that you are suffering from basic chronic or long lasting airway, ie lung, irritation, that also causes a tightening of the airways that run throughout the lungs. This tightening feels irritating and the body interprets it as something being in the lungs that it wants to get out. The response is to cough, and cough, and cough. Chances are you need a simple inhaler, albuterol or similar. This medication, which is inexpensive, relaxes the muscles that line the airways of the lungs, allowing air to pass more freely, and greatly reduces the irritation and coughing. You could even have adult onset of asthma due to the years of smoking, but the advice is the same.

Go see the doctor about this, listening to your chest is usually enough to be able to tell, but they may want to schedule a pulmonary function test which would definitively diagnose the problem.

Best of luck That happens I use to be a heavy chronic smoker myself. I use to smoke out of blunts. And would smoke at least 20 blunts per day. I am not lying... I kno it sounds like too much. But I did. And I use to couch like crazy and my chest would hurt at the same time. I have quitted smoking for a couple of years. But I still cough too but not that much and not painful anymore. U need to cleanse your system. And exercise. Or talk to your doctor.