Replying to Smokers who've had Covid

Had covid back in March so I quit smoking for a bit (talking cigs not just bud) and had a 3ish month period of my lungs recovering. I've quit smoking a couple times and had that couple week period of lungs recovering where breathing gets pretty laborious - but post-covid that couple week period has gotten longer. Picked smoking back up for about a month and a half after like a five month break, and even now after a short stint of smoking it's back to at least a month's time recovery

Wondering who else is In the same boat or has something similar

Please don't give me that "quit smoking" noise