Are vitamins good for emphysema?

Emphysema is a lung disease primarily found in smokers, and has been recently linked by researchers at Kansas State University to be related to a deficiency in Vitamin E and See also:
At what age can you get emphysema?

See all 397 questions about COPD C. Whilst taking these vitamins can help to reduce the symptoms, the biggest way to reduce emphysema if you are a smoker is to stop. Taking vitamin supplements only help to balance the toxins that enter the body. Experts believe that a daily dose of 100 to 200 International Units of Vitamin E helps to promote proper lung function, and that a helping of around 150mg of vitamin C works as an antioxidant. Neither vitamin works more effectively in bigger doses, and doctors have recommended these levels as being the upper limits of effectiveness.