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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
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| | Chapter 6 Asthma, allergy, and smoke exposure |
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| | In a study from the University of Virginia, 75% of children who presented to an |
| | emergency department for acute wheezing had one or more smokers at home. |
| | Pediatrics, October 1993, p. 535 |
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| | Asthmatic children from homes with parents who smoke have a 63% increase in |
| | emergency room visits for wheezing as compared to asthmatic children from homes |
| | where there are no smokers. This suggests more severe asthma in the group with |
| | household smoke exposure. |
| | American Review of Respiratory Disease, March 1987, p. 567 |
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| | In a prospective study of 1200 children at the age of 2 years to determine |
| | environmental factors predisposing to allergies and asthma, maternal smoking was |
| | strongly correlated with both asthma and allergy in their children. 18 percent of |
| | children in homes where the mother smoked had diagnosed asthma, as opposed to 9 |
| | percent in homes where the mother did not smoke. Prevalence of any allergies was |
| | 28 percent in the maternal smoking versus 22 percent in the no smoking household |
| | group. |
| | Clinical and Experimental Allergy, June 1993, p. 506 |
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| | One million asthmatic children in the United States are exposed to their parent's |
| | tobacco smoke. |
| | Journal of Asthma, May 1993, p. 399 |
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| | Children with asthma exposed to the most passive smoke (as identified by urine |
| | cotinine levels, a metabolite of nicotine) had 70% more asthma attacks than those |
| | with little or no exposure. |
| | NEJM, June 10, 1993, pp. 1665-69 |
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