Asthma is an ailment in the respiratory system. A patient with Asthma has inflammation in his/her lungs lined by an excessive amount of Mucus. The inflammation is triggered by contact to several substances, which cause allergies.

Asthma and the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD are different from each other.

There are hundreds of reasons why people should quit smoking. Aside from impotence and lung cancer, a person with a long-term smoking history could also develop another lethal respiratory disease called Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD.