ArticleAnnals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology2016
Indoor tobacco legislation is associated with fewer emergency department visits for asthma exacerbation in children.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Evaluation of Population-Level Tobacco Control Interventions and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Policies and Programs to Combat Adult Obesity: a Systematic Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Expansion of smoke-free policies and their associations with observed smoking, policy support and voluntary home bans in South Korea: findings from the 2005-2020 ITC Korea surveys.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Challenges and perspectives of tobacco cessation in special groups of patients and populations.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2023Review
- Compliance Surveillance of the Tobacco Control Legislation in a Spanish Region and Characterization of Passive Exposure to Tobacco Smoke and E-Cig in Children in Outdoor Spaces.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- High Cotinine and Healthcare Utilization Disparities Among Low-Income Children.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Health effects of concurrent ambient and tobacco smoke-derived particle exposures at low concentrations in children with asthma.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2020Article
- Structural and Social Determinants of Health in Asthma in Developed Economies: a Scoping Review of Literature Published Between 2014 and 2019.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2020Article
- Assessing the impact of air pollution on childhood asthma morbidity: how, when, and what to do.Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology · 2018Review
- Effect of tobacco control policies on perinatal and child health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2017Article
- Taming Asthma in School-Aged Children: A Comprehensive Review.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practiceReview
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Abstract
backgroundDuring the past 3 decades, numerous cities and states have adopted laws that ban smoking in public indoor spaces. The rationale for these policies has been to protect nonsmokers from the adverse health effects of secondhand smoke.
objectiveTo determine whether the implementation of indoor smoking legislation is associated with a decrease in emergency department visits for asthma in children.
methodsThis retrospective analysis used a natural experiment to estimate the impact of clean indoor air legislation on the rate of emergency department admissions for asthma exacerbation in children. Data were obtained from the Pediatric Health Information System. A Poisson regression was used for analyses and controlled for age, sex, race, payer source, seasonality, and secular trends.
resultsAsthma emergency department visits were captured from 20 hospitals in 14 different states plus the District of Columbia from July 2000 to January 2014 (n = 335,588). Indoor smoking legislation, pooled across all cities, was associated with a decreased rate of severe asthma exacerbation (adjusted rate ratio 0.83, 95% confidence interval 0.82-0.85, P < .0001).
conclusionIndoor tobacco legislation is associated with a decrease in emergency department visits for asthma exacerbation. Such legislation should be considered in localities that remain without this legislation to protect the respiratory health of their children.
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