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Smoking

If you smoke, you should try to stop. Smoking will add to the phlegm produced by your lungs and increase the chances of you getting a chest infection.

What to look out for?

If you develop any of the following symptoms:

  • Increasing shortness of breath
  • Coughing up blood
  • Coughing up yellow or green phlegm
  • Change in the nature of pain
  • Worsening pain
  • Unexplained fever

You should contact or return to the Emergency Department or visit your GP.

Further advice

If you have any ongoing concerns or queries about your chest injury you should contact NHS 111 or your local GP. If your concern is urgent or an emergency, attend your local Emergency Department.

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Smoking

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a smoke-free organisation. You are not permitted to smoke or in use e-cigarettes in any of the hospital buildings or grounds.

Published by
, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Duckworth Lane, Bradford BD9 6RJ.

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Date of publication: Jun 2024
Review Date: Jun 2026
MID Ref: 24061215