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Not necessarily, Smokey Robinson. Depending on how long you've smoked, you could have done permanent damage.
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I think you will have to have a doctor evaluate the condition of your vocal chords. I'm a singer, and I've know other professional singers that have gone three different ways: complete recovery, partial recovery, and no change. I also had a friend who smoked, a professional country and western singer, whose voice kept getting worse and worse until he couldn't sing at all. Shortly after, he died from throat cancer. So either way, I think you should stop smoking!
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Whatever you sound like now is the rock bottom if you stop smoking now, unless you end up like Tom's friend (and yeah you should stop smoking anyway). Technically, your vocal chords won't be affected so much as your lungs, but I think that is irrelevant to what you are asking about. If you are young and don't suffer from any chronic upper respiratory problems (asthma, -bronchitis, weak lungs, etc...), then you will notice marked improvements in lung capacity within a few weeks, and you stand a good chance of making a complete recovery within a few years (any permanent respiratory damage being negligible--strictly speaking). However, this is only an objective prognosis because I don't know anything about your personal health, so you will need to see a doctor to get a better understanding of what your own recovery will look like.
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