Can a non smoker have a smokers cough?

Cough: A cough is a cough. What is needed is to determine the reason for the cough. If you are not a smoker than there is clearly another reason. Please see your doctor for diagnosis and support. Peace and good health.

Second-hand smoke. : While the odds are less, secondhand smoke has been linked to the development of emphysema and heart disease, just like smoking. So not as intensely risky as smoking, but still risky. People who live with smokers do need to be careful and mind their own health. And breathing in someone else's smoke in the long term can give you a chronic cough.