Effect of passive smoking on lung function and respiratory infection

Chatzimicael, Athanassios; Tsalkidis, Aggelos; Cassimos, Dimitrios; Gardikis, Stefanos; Spathopoulos, Diogenis; Trιpsianis, Grigorios; Kambouri, Katerina; Aivazis, Victor; Vaos, George; Bouros, Demosthenes

doi:10.1007/s12098-008-0034-5

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“…Our prevalence of SHS exposure at home in children aged 6 years and younger was comparable to another Dutch study, which reported a prevalence of 10% for a slightly younger age group (0-4 years) in 2009 [18]. Our findings on SHS exposure deviate from the compelling evidence on the relationship between SHS and respiratory complaints [3,4,[19][20][21][22][23][24], asthma and wheezing [4,23,24], and respiratory tract infections [5,19,[25][26][27] in children. The lack of association in our study is most likely due to methodological issues such as the cross-sectional design of the study, the moderate participation rate, possible parental underreporting of their smoking behaviour and selective participation.…”

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“…Maternal smoking during pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk of recurrent wheezing and asthma during the first years of life [3], and even reduction in lung function [4]. Furthermore, ETS exposure has been associated with an increased risk of childhood upper and lower respiratory tract infections compared to children without ETS exposure [5]. Limited studies have evaluated the effects of ETS exposure in children with a genetic predisposition for asthma [6][7][8].…”

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Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Respiratory Complaints in Children Aged 0-13 Years: A Cross-sectional Study in South-Limburg, The Netherlands

Hutchinson¹,

Penders²,

Muris³

et al. 2013

J Allergy Ther

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Citation: Hutchinson SG, Penders J, Muris JWM, van Schayck CP, Dompeling E, et al. (2013) Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Respiratory Complaints in Children Aged 0-13 Years: A Cross-sectional Study in South-Limburg, The Netherlands. J Aller Ther S11: 002. AbstractBackground: Two forms of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure have been described: second-hand smoke (SHS), which is the direct exposure to tobacco smoke; and third-hand smoke (THS), which is the exposure to residuals from tobacco smoke after the cigarette has been extinguished. The effects of SHS exposure on children's respiratory health are known, but not of THS exposure. We evaluated the association between both exposures and respiratory complaints in children aged 0-13 years, and assessed whether the risk of respiratory complaints due to these exposures was higher in children with predisposition for asthma compared to those without. Methods:A cross-sectional survey (91 items) was performed in 10,000 families with a child aged 0-13 years living in South-Limburg, the Netherlands, assessing child and family characteristics, child's respiratory health, and parental smoking behaviour. Data were analyzed with multiple logistic regressions.Results: 1899 families responded. SHS exposure was not associated with an increased risk of respiratory complaints in children. THS exposure was associated with respiratory tract infections in the past 12 months (OR adjusted : 2.13; 95% CI: 1.04-4.36; p=0.04) and recent wheezing (OR adjusted : 2.61; 95%CI: 1.19-5.71; p=0.02) in children. There was no interaction between predisposition for asthma and ETS exposure. Conclusions:Unlike previous studies, our study could not reveal a significant association between SHS exposure and increased risk of respiratory complaints in children, most likely due to study limitations concerning cross-sectional design, response rate, selection bias and parental underreporting of SHS exposure to their children. THS exposure was significantly associated with increased risk of respiratory complaints in children. This adds to the limited knowledge about the health effects of THS exposure in children and suggests that more research on this topic is needed. Finally, a predisposition for asthma combined with ETS exposure did not seem to increase the risk of respiratory complaints in children. JAT, an open access journal J Aller Ther Asthma Citation: Hutchinson SG, Penders J, Muris JWM, van Schayck CP, Dompeling E, et al. (2013) Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Respiratory Complaints in Children Aged 0-13 Years: A Cross-sectional Study in South-Limburg, The Netherlands. J Aller Ther S11: 002. JAT, an open access journal J Aller Ther Asthma Citation: Hutchinson SG, Penders J, Muris JWM, van Schayck CP, Dompeling E, et al. (2013) Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Respiratory Complaints in Children Aged 0-13 Years: A Cross-sectional Study in South-Limburg, The Netherlands. J Aller Ther S11: 002.

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confidence: 63%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Respiratory Complaints in Children Aged 0-13 Years: A Cross-sectional Study in South-Limburg, The Netherlands

Hutchinson¹,

Penders²,

Muris³

et al. 2013

J Allergy Ther

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“…German and his colleagues also indicated that they did not find an association between smoking and symptomatic respiratory infection in a cohort of military recruits in Greece [48]. In addition, previous studies performed in children provide some supports for an impact, such that children who were exposed to environmental tobacco smoke had higher risk for URTI than children who lived in a smoke-free environment [22, 23].…”

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confidence: 99%

Smoking, leisure-time exercise and frequency of self-reported common cold among the general population in northeastern China: a cross-sectional study

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2018

BMC Public Health

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Background: Physical activity (PA) and smoking have been reported to be associated with the duration and severity of common cold symptoms. However, few studies have addressed the associations between the frequency of leisure-time exercise, cigarette smoking status and the frequency of the common cold in a cold area. This study was designed to investigate these issues in northeastern China. Methods: This cross-sectional study included individuals who participated in a regular health examination conducted in Jilin Province, China. Information on episodes of the common cold, the frequency of leisure-time exercise and cigarette smoking status in the past year were collected by self-administered health questionnaires. Ordinal logistic regression models were used to analyse the associations between the frequency of leisure-time exercise, cigarette smoking status and the retrospective frequency of common cold.Results: A total of 1413 employees participated in the study, with an average age of 38.92 ± 9.04 years and 44.4% of them were male. Of all participants, 80.8% reported having experienced the common cold in the past year. After adjustment, the risk of suffering from the common cold more than once (odds ratios (ORs), 1.59; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.27-1.99) in passive smokers was 1.59 times as high as that in non-smokers. Nevertheless, the results of the adjusted analysis showed no statistically significant relation between current smoking and the frequency of the common cold. A high frequency of leisure-time exercise (≥3 days/week) was associated with a 26% reduced risk of having at least one episode of the common cold (OR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.55-0.98) compared with a low frequency group (< 4 days/month). For current and passive smokers, the protective effect of a high frequency of leisure-time exercise appears not to be obvious (current smokers: OR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.33-1.43; passive smokers: OR, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.69-1.93). Conclusion:Passive smoking was associated with a higher risk of having self-reported common cold at least once, while a high frequency of leisure-time exercise was related to a lower risk of reporting more than one episode of the disease in Chinese.

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“…Utvrdili su da deca izložena duvanskom dimu imaju veći rizik da obole od infekcija donjih disajnih puteva. Izmerene vrednosti plućnih prametara su kod njih bile visoko značajno smanjene u odnosu na decu koja nisu bila izložena duvanskom dimu (p< 0,001) [20].…”

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Effects of environmental tobacco smoke on peak expiratory flow rates on healthy school children

Vujnović-Živković¹,

Stamatović²,

Šulović³

et al. 2016

Praxis Med

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Uvod: Duvanski dim predstavlja jedan od najznačajnijh zagađivača spoljašnje sredine kome su deca izložena, u svojim porodicama. Pasivna izloženost duvanskom dimu, predstavlja rizik po zdravlje dece, jer sadrži iste sastojke kao i duvanski dim koji pušač unosi pri aktivnom pušenju. Cilj rada: Utvrditi da li postoje razlike u vrednostima vršnog ekspirijumskog protoka (PEF) kod zdrave dece, školskog uzrasta, koja žive u pušačkim ili nepušačkim porodicama. Metodi rada: Kod 830 učenika, svih razreda, jedne osnovne škole u Nišu i u Lapljem selu, merenja PEF obavljana su, novim Vitalograf normal-range (EN 13826) meračima, 3-5 puta, u stojećem stavu, u cilju postizanja reproducibilnosti od 30 L/min, za najmanje 3 merenja. Najviše ostvarene vrednosti su statistički obrađene i upoređene. Minimalni nivo značajnosti bio je 0,05.

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Effect of passive smoking on lung function and respiratory infection

Abstract: Passive smoking has an unfavorable effect in respiratory function of children and predisposes them to respiratory tract infections. Every effort should be undertaken in order to avoid exposure of children to environmental tobacco smoke.

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Respiratory Complaints in Children Aged 0-13 Years: A Cross-sectional Study in South-Limburg, The Netherlands

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure and Respiratory Complaints in Children Aged 0-13 Years: A Cross-sectional Study in South-Limburg, The Netherlands

Smoking, leisure-time exercise and frequency of self-reported common cold among the general population in northeastern China: a cross-sectional study

Effects of environmental tobacco smoke on peak expiratory flow rates on healthy school children

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