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Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with Baptist Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) causes damage to the patient’s family. “They’re fearful that they’re going to lose you at one point.”

He recommends to quit smoking: “It’s never too late to quit smoking, because if you continue smoking you continue adding more damage.”

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