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i am 19 years old I have a really chesty cough, i don't smoke and never have but my grandma and my auntie both smoke in excess of 40 a day each, my boyfriends's dad is really worried about me because when he was 13 he got cancer as a result of second hand smoke and now i'm really worried, should i go see a doctor about it? oh and i've had this cold about 3 weeks
Mon, 24 Apr 2017
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Yes it is true that cancer can occur by passive smoking, so you muist be aware of that.
You must go ahead to have chest x ray and rule out other causes of cough. Don't consider it as cancer on first view.
Some some cough remedy after at least chest x ray.
Rest take care of passive smoking.
Yes it is true that cancer can occur by passive smoking, so you muist be aware of that.
You must go ahead to have chest x ray and rule out other causes of cough. Don't consider it as cancer on first view.
Some some cough remedy after at least chest x ray.
Rest take care of passive smoking.
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