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Asthma and Smoking Could Be Dangerous Combo  

Doctors say smoking and asthma can also be a dangerous combination. “None of your medications will work,” says Dr. Kay Walker, an allergies and asthma physician. “Not only just your simple quick inhaler, but the long term medications which cut down on the inflammation simply cannot be as effective in somebody who is an active smoker.”

Doctor Walker says the chemicals in cigarettes paralyze parts of the lungs that clear out dust and particles. The damage can also prevent inhalers and medicines from helping you during a life-threatening asthma attack. “Because you are continually damaging the lungs, you are continually causing more inflammation, which overwhelms our ability to try and control it.”

Second-hand smoke can also be a problem for asthma sufferers of all ages.

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