I was worried he could have any of the ones listed above, and sadly my worries proved to be justified. This past March my grandpa passed away with COPD—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This was the most terrifying process to go through. He battled with COPD for thirteen months before he couldn’t fight any longer and passed away. My grandpa could have had COPD longer than we knew due to the symptoms being mistaken as a normal part of aging. He often coughed, was out of breath, and wheezed but everyone in my family thought it was the effects of smoking mixed with old age. It has been proven that COPD millions of people in the United States with over half of those people not even being aware they have it. There is unfortunately no treatment for COPD. My grandpa’s story is just one of many that have been affected by smoking. There are many commonly known side effects of smoking, but there are also less common side effects. Be sure to inform anyone who is thinking about smoking of all the harmful
I was worried he could have any of the ones listed above, and sadly my worries proved to be justified. This past March my grandpa passed away with COPD—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This was the most terrifying process to go through. He battled with COPD for thirteen months before he couldn’t fight any longer and passed away. My grandpa could have had COPD longer than we knew due to the symptoms being mistaken as a normal part of aging. He often coughed, was out of breath, and wheezed but everyone in my family thought it was the effects of smoking mixed with old age. It has been proven that COPD millions of people in the United States with over half of those people not even being aware they have it. There is unfortunately no treatment for COPD. My grandpa’s story is just one of many that have been affected by smoking. There are many commonly known side effects of smoking, but there are also less common side effects. Be sure to inform anyone who is thinking about smoking of all the harmful