Stories and experiences by: tonymishere

I have completed 9 months now. I started having phlegm after around 2 months of quitting and still controlled cough out few times (1-3/4) a day. I take this as a part of healing my lung by expelling tar I accumulated from 18 years of smoking. I do not have chest pain and cough though. I have been googling so much about this but it seems to be so difficult to get convincing and scientific answer. ...

I quit smoking 6 months ago.I am still having intermittent stabbing pain and tightness in chest, slight shortness of breath and slight rise in heartbeat. These symptoms come for few days and go for weeks and back again.I have undergone electrocardiograph, echocardiogram,x-ray, urine and blood test. Doctor did not find anything alarming. I have a medical history of GERD and hypertension which is a...

I, 35 years old man, quit 117 days (4 days to 4 months) ago after smoking for 18 years. I am still coughing out black tar (phlegm? not sure) 2/3 times a day. It's not everyday but almost with very little gap. I do not have any cough except 2/3 times to throw out tar possibly due to irritation. I am wondering if anybody had such issue before. I googled the symptom but could not confirm how long it...

I am 35 years old and I smoked for about 18 years. I quit smoking cold turkey 97 days ago.I am having different symptoms which come and go in few weeks interval after quitting smoking. The symptoms are tightness of chest, coughing out phlegm, chest pain, chest inflammation(or maybe heartburn) and once I had shortness of breath also. In the beginning, I considered these symptoms as withdrawal sign...