The effect of cigarette smoke from the mother on bronchial responsiveness and severity of symptoms in children with asthma

doi:10.1016/0091-6749(86)90348-9

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volume 77, Issue 4, April 1986, Pages 575-581

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Abstract

The effect of parental smoking was assessed in 94 consecutively observed children, aged 7 to 17 years, who had a history of asthmatic wheezing. The 24 children whose mothers smoked, when they were compared with children whose mothers did not smoke, had 47% more symptoms, a 13% lower mean FEV₁ percent, a 23% lower mean FEF_25–75, and fourfold greater responsiveness to aerosolized histamine. A dose response was evident. There was a highly significant correlation between the results of the tests and the number of cigarettes the mother smoked while she was in the house. The differences betwen the children of smoking and nonsmoking mothers were greater in older than in younger subjects. The smoking habits of the father were not correlated with the severity of the child's asthma.

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Original articleThe effect of cigarette smoke from the mother on bronchial responsiveness and severity of symptoms in children with asthma☆

Abstract

Chest

Environ Int

J Allergy Clin Immunol

J Allergy Clin Immunol

Lancet

Chest

The health effects of involuntary smoking

Am Rev Respir Dis

Lung function, respiratory disease, and smoking in families

Am J Epidemiol

Parental smoking and risk of childhood asthma

Am J Public Health

Persistent wheeze: its relation to respiratory illness, cigarette smoking, and level of pulmonary function in a population sample of children

Am Rev Respir Dis

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Am J Epidemiol

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Am Rev Respir Dis

Original article
The effect of cigarette smoke from the mother on bronchial responsiveness and severity of symptoms in children with asthma☆