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Breathing in hot steam for about 10 minutes before sleeping helps.
Also find something to put between the mattress and box springs to raise the head of the bed at least 8 inches, making the mattress slope. That puts his head higher than the rest of his body which can help with breathing problems.
The coughing could be from COPD, so the raised head while sleeping would be a BIG help. But don't just use more pillows as that doesn't raise the rest of his body into an angle from the hips to head.
IF the raised head helps then he needs to be checked for COPD! The link below gives info on COPD (which you can get from more than smoking).
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