One should not take excessive cold and rough food items in the diet. One should quit smoking and this is the foremost to be remembered. As this could be airborne infection, keep away from the public places where smoking is allowed, congested area, poor and unhygienic areas etc.
One has to avoid certain conditions like where the cleaning process or dusting is going on. If one has seasonal allergies like hay fever staying indoor during days or seasons when airborne allergens are high and if possible keep filters on the windows would be beneficial.
Try to avoid clothes, brooms and dustbins nearby you that produce allergens to you. Keep away pets, pillow and mattress with dust. Give up certain foods like ice-creams, cold drinks etc. Hot, spicy and oily food give raise to coughing sensation and hence to be restricted.