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Smoke and breathing difficulty from living near freeway. what filter will help?

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Dr. Govind Sharma answered

Stop smoking: Your smoking is the main reason for your difficulty. Living near the free does not help much, but the impotant thing is tom stop smoking.

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Answered 8/20/2013

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