i quit smoking 3days now cause im experiencing short breathing, i cannot take a deep breath without feeling the walls of my chest tightens up, i hope to stay this way ( smoke free for the rest of my life) cause i dont want to go back into that habit. i hope to go back to being normal, and i can breathe again without any complications. if i was to give any advice to any smokers out there, i would say, its not easy to stop but give yourself the chance of doing something that will be good in the long run. smoking is not good at all, it may be pleasurable at the moment but further on in life it wont be..... QUIT SMOKING NoW!!!!
If you are still having problems breathing ask your Dr about placing you on Prednisone for 5 days. It helped me out so much; still have some shortness of breath but can at least now breathe.