Secondhand smoke exposure (SHSe) is a known cause of many adverse health effects in
adults and children. Increasingly, SHSe assessment is an element of tobacco control …

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 …

Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a major risk factor for poor lung health in children.
Although parental smoking is the commonest source of ETS exposure to children, they are …

This article provides an overview of the hair nicotine biomarker for assessment of exposure
to tobacco smoke, with emphasis on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Measurement of …

While the adverse effects of parental smoking on respiratory health during childhood are
well recognized, its potential impact on early lung development is less clear. This review …

Background: Because they have chronic airway inflammation, adults with asthma could
have symptomatic exacerbation after exposure to second hand smoke (SHS). Surprisingly …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is
probably one of the most important public health hazards in our community. Our aim with this …

Subjects enrolled in studies are not always screened for routine habits such as smoking.
Personal history is not always reliable and therefore an objective biomarker is necessary to …

Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNECs) have been implicated in the development of small
cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) and pediatric asthma, and smoking is a risk factor for both …

Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells function as hypoxia-sensitive chemoreceptors, and they
release peptides and biogenic amines that are important mediators of pulmonary neonatal …