A 17-year-old female asked:

my mom smokes in her house and she ps not going to stop and i have no where else to live and i can't breath good and have a deep cough ?

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Dr. Nabila Babar answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Cough is smoke relat: ed. the only thing you can do is to not sit in the same room to minimize your exposure to second hand smoking

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Dr. Louis Gallia answered

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 45 years experience

Move: Difficult problem. 2nd hand smoke exposure can be serious. Only solution I see is get mom to stop or move out.

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My mom has asthma, and Im concerned if I have asthma because every time I laugh so hard I cough so hard and shortness of breath and my heart beats fast. My chest is a little tighten ?

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