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https://www.texasheart.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/thi-doctor-shows-results-to-old-patient-x-ray-of-the-lungs-smoking-cigarettes-problem-.jpg1600900Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease of the lungs. About 15 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with COPD, and the number of people with the disease is rising. In fact, COPD is the third most common cause of death in the United States.