Severe illness attacks smokers – statement

Professor Dieter Kohler stated that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) specifically attacks smokers.

Dieter Kohler explained that it was a persistent cough, accompanied or not with mucus flow, as well as shortness of breath after a little physical exertion or even in the case of a rest or a rest.

A member of the German Association of Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine stated that it was often found that this serious illness had been diagnosed in smokers, the lung having already lost half its functional effectiveness.

In general, the risk is not only for smokers, it is also for people exposed to air pollutants for long periods, as well as people with certain genetic abnormalities.

Professor Koller advises people who may contract the disease to consult a doctor as soon as possible.