Patty Loveless Quotes

It's important for people to recognize that they shouldn't ignore symptoms like shortness of breath or a cough that won't go away, because these may be signs of COPD.

My dad had emphysema and both of my parents had chronic bronchitis and ended up with cancers - all smoking related.

A lot of people have a cough that doesn't go away, or go up and down stairs and get shortness of breath, and they don't think about COPD. They could have a problem, though, and catching it in the beginning stages is crucial.

And I really believe that. Asthma is NOT a disability!

Impotence is one of the major hazards of cigarette smoking.

My sister and I are both diagnosed with second-hand smoke syndromes. We have never smoked, but we grew up with second-hand smoke our entire lives.

Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma.

I put the heart attack down to 66 cigarettes a day.

Smoking is related to practically every terrible thing that can happen to you.

I've had asthma my entire life.

I had asthma when I was a kid, asthma so bad that it would turn into pneumonia and I almost died several times. Nobody knew why back then, but now it's obvious.

Tobacco smoke contains chemicals that weaken the body's immune system, making it more susceptible to disease and handicapping its ability to destroy cancer cells.

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body and causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, respiratory illness, and many other health problems.

I can't put my family at risk. My son already has a respiratory problem. He has asthma.

I use an inhaler myself and have done since I was 15.

I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.

Sometimes I wish I could go back through time to meet Proust, just so I could give him my asthma inhaler. The poor guy.

I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it.

Almost every person over 45, and definitely those who have ever smoked, should have a spirometry test.

I was diagnosed with a lung disorder that some people walk around with and don't even know they have. Through early diagnosis, I'm happy to share that I stay healthy with diet and exercise.

Luckily I have never missed a day's filming or work due to asthma.

I've always been very involved in anything that had to do with lung disease or cancer.

If you just do a Google search and type in 'smoking' or 'lung cancer', you will be barraged with never ending facts and numbers, like how one in every three Americans is affected by lung disease and how COPD is the third leading cause of death and if you get lung cancer the odds are 95% that you will die.

COPD includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both. Over time, it makes it harder and harder to breathe because less air is able to flow in and out of the lungs.

As a child I had terrible asthma.