Complications of choking, which often develop quickly (in as few as 4 minutes) and may cause death, include the following: 1  Brain damage (caused by reduced blood flow to the brain resulting in a lack of oxygen). 2  Collapsed lung (may occur when air flow through one of the bronchi is completely obstructed).
Smithfield, Illinois. Smithfield is a village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 230 at the 2010 census. The village is named in honor of Dr. Joseph N. Smith.
Smithville was the first county seat of present-day Lawrence County. Though it is largely abandoned today, Smithville was once a thriving trading center near the Strawberry River in the foothills of the extreme eastern Ozarks region. The Nathaniel McCarroll family probably settled first in the area, around 1808.