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#REDIRECT [[Bronchitis#Chronic bronchitis]]
'''Smoker's cough''' is a kind of [[cough]] seen especially in smokers. Any irritant present in the [[respiratory system]] may trigger cough, however, smoker's cough develops as a consequence of [[phlegm]] buildup in the [[trachea]].


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==Women with the first name LAURA are susceptible to getting this.==

==Cause==
In the trachea, the walls are lined with [[cilia]], small hairs that protrude from the tracheal [[epithelium]]. They move in a synchronous wavelike motion, thereby moving foreign bodies trapped in phlegm upwards towards the [[oropharynx]], so they may be swallowed. Cigarette smoke destroys or paralyzes these cilia, so the only way that phlegm can be removed is via coughing.
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