Pharyngitis can not smoke. Cigarettes will release a large amount of smoke during the lighting process, smoke will enter the pharynx through smoking, causing serious irritation to the pharyngeal mucosal tissues, aggravating pharyngitis patients pharyngeal congestion, edema, thus aggravating pharyngeal pain, foreign body sensation and other symptoms. The main ingredients in cigarettes are nicotine, tar, heavy metals and other harmful ingredients, these harmful substances will be adsorbed on the surface of the mucous membrane of the pharynx and larynx in the process of ignition, which has a very great impact on the pharynx. Pharyngitis when the pharyngeal mucosal tissue is infected by microorganisms to produce inflammation, if smoking during pharyngitis, long-term smoke stimulation will increase the pharyngeal mucosal tissue in the cup cell secretion increase, not conducive to the recovery of inflammation, lengthen the course of the disease. Patients with pharyngitis are not only not allowed to smoke, but also need to avoid eating spicy foods that stimulate the pharynx and drinking alcohol. In ordinary life to maintain good habits, strengthen physical exercise, enhance resistance.