@cathleenmc I just read your other post about being reactive to perfume and smokers. That is how I am. I have to avoid it or I will have a reaction even an hour after a minimal exposure when I have breathing problems because of increasing phlegm that my body makes as a protective measure to try to clear out the junk. I have allergic asthma, so it's probably an allergy to smoke, and all of it causes inflammation in my airways. I can loose my voice a bit when there is lots of phlegm and airway constriction. When this isn't under control, I can get chest discomfort from it, and the inflamed airways prevent the phlegm from being able to be expelled. It was trapped until I got away from the irritating source and used either asthma inhalers, Mucinex, or cough drops. I do my best to prevent problems, and I'm fine at home, but it's going out in public among other people that causes issues.