Okay, say what you like, mock if you must.
BUT, the second time I had pneumonia, when I was sleeping in a chair so I could breathe, when I woke up with a coughing fit, the only thing that would stop the coughing was a cigarette.
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Cigarette smoke has anti-inflammatory properties. Way long ago, it used to be considered helpful for asthma, because it lowered the inflammation. Tobacco smoke lowers the immune response, which in pneumonia can be the source of symptoms, same with asthma.
When my step mother quit smoking, she immediately began to have allergy problems she’d never had before.
My Dad died last year of congestive heart failure and the only thing that eased his coughing in the last two months of his life was taking a drag on a cigarette.