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Is it true that when you quit smoking you start to cough up a bunch of black phlegm?

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See below : Smoking paralyzes the ability to mobilize lung secretions. This will resolve as one stops smoking and may present as increased lung secretions during the first few weeks after stopping.

Answered 11/23/2020

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A member asked:

Is it true that when you quit smoking you start to cough up a bunch of black phlegm?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Stuart Wasser answered

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