Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by variable airflow obstruction,
bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and airway inflammation. Evidence suggests that air …

Background Bronchial asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood,
with a current prevalence of 6% to 9%, but a prevalence that is increasing at an alarming …

Cigarette smoking and asthma interact to induce important adverse effects on clinical,
prognostic and therapeutic outcomes. This review examines recent evidence on the harmful …

Background: A National Asthma Programme was undertaken in Finland from 1994 to 2004
to improve asthma care and prevent an increase in costs. The main goal was to lessen the …

Rationale: Although involuntary exposure to maternal smoking during the in utero period
and to secondhand smoke are associated with occurrence of childhood asthma, few studies …

Background: The purpose of this review is to describe the current understanding of the
prevalence and adverse effects of cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke (SHS) in …

The purpose of this review paper is to present and evaluate the empirical literature on the
association between asthma and cigarette smoking. The authors conducted a literature …

Smoking is the leading modifiable risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and lung cancer. Smoking cessation is the only …

Background Low socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to higher morbidity in patients
with chronic diseases, but may be particularly relevant to asthma, as asthmatics of lower …

Smoking is one of the most important preventable public health problems. Prevalence of
smoking is decreasing in the Western world but lot of work is left. We reviewed the most …