Medical experts in Bhopal shared details about the signs of COPD, ways to prevent it, and how to treat it on World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day. People are more likely to get COPD if they were born prematurely, had many or serious lung infections as a child, or have asthma. However, COPD can be avoided and controlled by quitting smoking, staying away from pollution, changing one’s way of living, and regularly seeing a doctor.