I occassionally have chest pains but it's weird because most of the time my chest area doesn't hurt after I give my self a break, 2 days after the break my chest feels better. When I start smoking again it doesn't bother me but within that period of time it comes back but it's strange because it doesn't bother me all the time, it just pops up randomly in the day and then goes away, also I don't even cough at all. The only time I cough is when I'm inhaling way too much smoke and try to hold it in but..I can't recall when I have ever coughed other than that . Sometimes I think I have problems and other times I don't. I know Birdgirl, I need to go to a doctor. Every day I'm getting closer to actually doing it .