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hightimes129

Hi i am fairly new to smoking and i have had a bad cough pretty much as soon as i inhail the smoke. I usually smoke using a joint or bowl. The coughing usually doesnt last long but can be harsh and makes it very hard for me to hold in a hit even on small ones. PS. i have very mild asthma. Thanks!

 

Buzzby

You might want to try diluting the smoke with fresh air. Instead of putting the joint or pipe right to your lips, leave a tiny gap so you're sucking in fresh air with the smoke. The more dilute smoke will be less likely to activate your coughing reflex.

Another thing that works for me is menthol/eucalyptus cough drops. They seem to suppress the coughing reflex to some extent.

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Mamabudz

The combination of the heat hitting your pharynx (back of your throat) and the irritation of the smoke itself is inducing a cough reflex... and that cough is irritatingly causing more coughing.

Yes, your minor asthma does make you more sensitive ..but the THC in the marijuana is also a bronchial dilator so you may find your breathing actually eases up as well --

Current production of a product called Sativex by GW Pharmeceuticals out of Europe is being marketed for , among other things, asthma medication.

Follow the advice above -- cool down the smoke -- I would suggest a bong with ice water myself, as the water also removes some fo the irritating particulate matter in the smoke.

And do have a cool drink available to sooth your throat if you cough.

Oh...and toke responsibly...it's not a competitive sport.

Hugz,

Mama Budz

SonicDaChronic

i heard that coughing makes u moe bent, my friend has a bong then persistently coughs his guts up thinking it is benificial. is there any truth to this or is he just making a dick of himself

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grillmeats

I heard that coughing means you got a good hit. I don't like that feeling of losing all my coughing my lungs. I use water to cool down the hit, but I haven't bong hit since the early 80's

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hightimes129

yes i have heard that coughing can make you higher but i am not 100 percent sure of this although i do get higher faster than most of my friends...and as for the coughing means i got a good hit,i sometimes cough like crazy before the smoke even hits my lungs just when it touches my throat.

Higher Logic

"You don't get off unless you cough!"

Sounds more like something "we" did when we first started smoking, when it was a "sport" as Mama put it. Take it easy, you'll get high just fine without coughing. I mean, for all the people that smoke cigarettes out there: do you inhale massive amounts of smoke from your cigarette so you cough? No, you still "feel" the effects without coughing, holding your "hit" in, or taking massive amounts in your lungs. It's doing more harm than good, IMO

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hightimes129

yes i see what your saying but to tell you the truth it take sometimes a very small amount so little that you cant even see it when it comes out to send me into a minute long coughing spasm...

snakedbz2

youre cough should go away after a while it could be virgin lung

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jazzyninja

I find having a lolly or lozenge (something wilh a numbing effect, like menthol, etc.)of some sort in ya mouth can help, and even avoids coughing when you have a bad one!.

The trick is to suck on it for a while, build up some of the syrup in your mouth and sort of swallow it, making sure it coates teh upper part of your throat. do this just before a cone. this ensures that the irratative smoke is not directly contacting of the throat membrane.

Make sure your pipe is not blocked in by gunk, as having a blocked pipe may cause to cough when you pull too hard.

also, at the end of the cone pull, make sure you suck in more air after the cone is finished , so that the freasher air is in you windpipe, that is, for the time that it is held in. I find that holding back can sometimes make it worse. sometimes you can just go for it and all is good