@abrackman
I feel for you. I smoked as a teenager for 5 years (1.5 pack a day). Luckily, I quit cold turkey after getting my wisdom teeth out (afraid of dry sockets) and my boyfriend at the time would not let me smoke in his car (we eventually married and thankful I quit).

I have some scarring showing in my ct scans but chest X-rays are clear even when I have breathing problems. As a child, I used to get the croup often. I use an inhaler when I get an upper respiratory infection because I have bronchitis. When I had the covid shots, I had difficulty breathing (think it is tied to endothelial cell damage) and needed breathing treatments for wheezing and took padlocks when I got Covid infection (almost hospitalized).

Did you get Covid shots and have Covid? Were you ever diagnosed with COPD?

See links below with some information about wheezing and detoxification for your lungs.

1. https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/wheezing/basics/causes/sym-20050764
2. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/15203-wheezing
3. https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/wheezing/basics/causes/sym-20050764
4. https://www.verywellhealth.com/wheezing-6541937
5. https://www.mayoclinic.org/symptoms/wheezing/in-depth/sym-20050764?p=1
6. https://www.lung.org/blog/can-you-detox-your-lungs
7. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324483
8. https://www.healthline.com/health/quit-smoking/how-to-clean-lungs-after-quitting-smoking
9. https://www.health.com/lung-detox-8431745
10. https://www.verywellhealth.com/can-my-lungs-heal-after-vaping-8784152
11. https://scientificorigin.com/foods-excellent-for-lungs
12. https://www.verywellhealth.com/lung-detox-8551926