Do smokers lungs heal after quitting?

My aunt Erin recently started coughing more and more, up to a point that she could hardly have a normal conversation without coughing all over the place. (This was December 2024.) And then she …

Top stories for Long   Do smokers lungs heal after quitting? Thomas Cayne, Writer, painter, thinker, madman. • Answered April 7, 2025 My aunt Erin recently started coughing more and more, up to a point that she could hardly have a normal conversation without coughing all over the place. (This was December... Read more » 877 189   Your response is private Was this worth your time? This helps us show content you find valuable. Absolutely not Definitely yes   Why is Donald Trump’s behavior tolerated in American politics? Asked in Trumpers are Traitors • Answered by Don Wynn • April 21 You have to understand American politics currently. His ascendancy is the result of actually the electorate electing Obama. Until Obama Americans were ok with the level of ... Read more » 2.2K 452   If a person drinks every day, is he an alcoholic? Priscilla Beningwell, studied at Columbia University • Answered April 17 There was once a patient of mine who would order exactly the same glass of red wine with dinner every single night for the past twenty years and who was utterly affronted b... Read more » 300 44   Did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have a plan or supplies to end their own lives in case they got stranded in the Moon? C Stuart Hardwick, Scifi author and science nerd. • Updated October 26, 2021 Yes. They had this: That yellow-and-black-striped handle is the forward hatch vent valve, one of two identical valves in the LM that could be used to vent the atmosphere to ... Read more » 8.9K 157   Is Stanley Tucci nice? Buck Flanagan, Writer and Director • Answered April 28 The guy they had make a show where he ate food after Anthony Bourdain killed himself. Liked his series—-“Searching For Italy”—-that was until he was invited into a gentleman... Read more » 247 99   If someone is "banned" from all Walmarts, how does Walmart know when the "banned" person enters the store? Do they have facial recognition technology or just go by recognition? Chaz Howell, lives in Lakeland, FL (2002-present) • Answered February 2 I shoplifted from a Walmart in Winter Haven, Florida in my youth. When I got caught they gave me 2 options, go to jail or get kicked out of all Walmarts for life. I took th... Read more » 2.5K 520   If Prince William dies while Charles III is king, Prince Harry, the oldest living son, will be next in line according to primogeniture. Will Britain have a choice whether to follow this rule? Jette Goldie, Scottish • Updated March 23, 2024 Q: If Prince William dies while Charles III is king, Prince Harry, the oldest living son, will be next in line according to primogeniture. Will Britain have a choice whethe... Read more » 7.2K 892   Lawyers always say to refuse field sobriety tests, but what's the point of refusing if you’ll almost certainly get arrested for refusing the field test and taken back to the station to get your BAC measured regardless of what you do? Mark Mynhier, former Forensic Photographer at Los Angeles Police Department (1998-2018) • Answered April 7 You are missing one VERY key part of that. ALWAYS refuse a field sobriety check. Basically it is “do I think you are drunk or not?” That’s it. It is all subjective. Persona... Read more » 469 81   What is the most unhealthy 'health food'? Lewis Vandebeek, studied at Yale School of Medicine • Answered April 16 One of my nutritionist colleagues made her patients eat the same breakfast every morning for fifteen years straight: low fat yogurt, granola, fruit, glass of orange juice. ... Read more » 1.5K 197   I lied about my AP scores to Columbia University, and yet somehow got admitted. Should I just not send my scores? Tahseena Kahn, Getting into a university is hard work. Surviving a college life is even harder. • Updated July 5, 2016 Your scores were sent directly to the university by the College Board if you chose Columbia and other schools. The university knows your real score unless your admission is... Read more » 1.3K 57   Why do people buy Hyundai or Kia cars when Toyota are much better? Gary Brown, Senior Fellow • Updated May 1 Let me explain. I had a friend who opened a gourmet pizza restaurant. People raved over his pizza. It cost more because he used the highest quality ingredients. He eventual... Read more » 2.4K 346   Is it true that 70,000 years ago a red dwarf entered our solar system, passing through the Oort cloud? Asked in History Uncovered space • Answered by Focused Mind • April 30 It didn't enter the Solar System, but Scholtz's Star passed within 0.6 light-years of the Sun about 70,000 years ago. On Earth, it was the Pleistocene, so prehistoric man m... Read more » 1.1K 83 Read more in your feed

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How do hotels know if you smoked or vaped in the room?

One particular time, during dinner, a hotel manager told me something that stuck to my head – the technology required to detect smoking is far advanced than what most clients can even imagine wh…

Top stories for Long   How do hotels know if you smoked or vaped in the room? Travis Merilno, studied at University of Milan • Answered April 22 One particular time, during dinner, a hotel manager told me something that stuck to my head – the technology required to detect smoking is far advanced than what most clien... Read more » 369 143   If C++ is faster than Java, how come Java is used in every enterprise application? Trausti Thor Johannsson, Computer programmer • Answered March 6, 2024 If you do any programming, at all. You know that the fastest in benchmark between like C++ and Java is going to be eventually quite tied. You can even sometimes make Java f... Read more » 407 102   Does marijuana use have to be chronic or all the time to have long lasting effects on addiction? Bruno Ronaldinho, Party Time Doctor (2009-present) • Answered October 8, 2025 I am currently 68 years of age and began using marijuana when I was 20. I can truthfully say that every bad choice I ever made, money I ever lost, relationships I ever lost... Read more » 1.1K 695   Do famous golfers still pay green fees anywhere, or do courses always let them play for free because of their status? HalftimeLedger, Sports analysis and commentary • Answered April 18 A PGA Tour badge is a golden ticket to play almost any golf course in the world for free—but many top pros actively hide their status so they can pay. There is an unwritten ... Read more » 172 8   If we stop eating sugar for a year, what will happen? Shiv Kumar, lives in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India (2005-present) • Answered January 27, 2025 My wife did something similar… almost a year now and NO sugar. NONE what so ever (except from fruits etc). I can speak on behalf of my wife - though I personally cut my sug... Read more » 4.3K 513   Why is it that the USA is full of veterans that only served for a few years and retire? Where I am once a person joined the army, they make their life career. Russell Manuel, former Retired USMC Grunt 1987/2005 • Answered March 13 I spent 16 years in the United States Marine Corps. And people ask me all the time why I didn’t do 20 years. I usually don’t answer this question all they have to do is sta... Read more » 5.5K 556   CHINA WARNS USA TO NOT BLOCK ITS TANKERS The Python, Learner • Posted Apr 13 China warned USA that its ships will cross the Strait of Hormuz regardless of any naval blockade and tankers will load oil from Iran or elsewhere in the region. The Chinese navy is getting ready to... Read more » 4K 2.6K   No lying: did you regret having children? Jack Claxton, Software Developer (2000-present) • Updated April 4, 2025 Yes. My son is 27, suffering from chronic depression, in a low-paying dead-end job without the faintest idea of how to get out of it. His life is an unending continuum of un... Read more » 19.2K 4.8K   Why do people buy Hyundai or Kia cars when Toyota are much better? Gary Brown, Senior Fellow • Updated May 1 Let me explain. I had a friend who opened a gourmet pizza restaurant. People raved over his pizza. It cost more because he used the highest quality ingredients. He eventual... Read more » 2.4K 346   Are "air fryers" a scam? Mikel Jazsmine, studied at University of Illionois • Answered April 13 A kitchen device that invaded every countertop worldwide. But is there any truth to the hype? Neither a scam nor what was advertised. Air fryers are essentially convection o... Read more » 153 45   Was life better under Stalin or the Tsar? How was the USSR able to stop revolution to Stalin’s death if the conditions were worse under the communists than the Tsar? Mats Andersson, Did military service not 200 miles from the Soviet Union • Updated October 26, 2018 There is actually an old Soviet joke about this: When Brezhnev finally died, he came to the afterlife and met the last Tsar, Nicholas II. Nicholas was of course curious abou... Read more » 3.4K 338   Does attending an Ivy League school really matter? Bob Wilson, former Professional geoscientist • Answered March 9 Evidently, my niece insisted on it, and it just about bankrupted my brother. I figured it was foolish, in Canada, no one cares what school you went to, a degree is a degree... Read more » 232 24 Read more in your feed

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