I think it depends on how smoke normally effects your throat. Like, are you NORMLy a cougher? If the smoke usually makes your throat burn, then it would definitely do so now, but if it's fine, then it wouldn't be too much worse. I think that's how it is for me.
Well look at what your doing when you smoke weed, physically. Your inhaling a hot smoke down your wind pipe into your lungs. Smoking weed has been proven to cause upper respiratory infections (sore throats for one), which is most likely not caused by the bud, but the smoke itself. I would say if you can't vape or eat, don't, cause it will just make it worse.
that's actually a real good idea...i can't think of any reason why cough drops wounldn't keep the smoke from irritating your throat.
You know what I would do? Put ice in my bong and then there would be nice soothing COOL smoke going down my throat...
Thats what I've been doing and it feels NICE. But I still hack up a lung and I'm not getting much better but my head feels good. I didnt drink any alcohol yesterday though so maybe that'll help me get better quicker... its summertime but I need cut out all the drinkin till my health is in better shape. I hate having a cold.