 [ Symptoms ] how long after a closed rhinoplasty is it safe to resume running and weight lifting exercises #healthnut [ Disease ] most helpful answer i am sure that it is not a good idea your lungs are having a difficult time as it is recovering from your pneumonia so why make things worse with cigar smoke you may not feel that you are inhaling but enough smoke is getting into your respiratory tract to cause an inflammatory response increase mucous production and trigger a new round of coughing i am sorry that you are stuck in your house and are bored but smoking a cigar when you have pneumonia is not wise not wise at all