The other is emphysema. Most people with COPD have symptoms of both conditions. In chronic bronchitis, swollen airways and excessive mucus production cause a chronic cough and difficulty breathing.

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The dangerous chemicals in cigarettes, other tobacco products, and marijuana can cause your airways to become chronically inflamed, thickened, and narrow, leading to COPD, a lung disease in which too ...

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New research highlights how extensive plastic pollution is—and how nonhuman species, including dolphins, are exposed.