ReviewExpert review of respiratory medicine2017
The association between environmental tobacco smoke exposure and childhood respiratory disease: a review.
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- Bronchoscopic abnormalities in children with chronic nonspecific cough.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Maternal smoking around birth and respiratory tract infection in adult offspring: A Mendelian randomization study.Tobacco induced diseases · 2026Article
- The Interlinkages Between Ambient Temperature and Air Pollution in Exacerbating Childhood Asthma: A Time Series Study in Cape Town, South Africa.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Non-smoker and smoker identity related to mother-identity among (pre)pregnant women before and after participating in a smoking cessation intervention.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2025Article
- Identification of hub genes associated with severe COPD via WGCNA and immune infiltration analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The effects of prenatal vitamin D supplementation on respiratory and allergy-related outcomes in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The World Allergy Organization journal · 2025Review
- Assessing parental awareness and concerns about children's tobacco smoke exposure: a community-based analysis.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- The Linda Kizazi study: a comparison of morbidity and mortality from birth to 2 years between children who are HIV-unexposed and HIV-exposed, uninfected in the era of universal antiretroviral therapy.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Prenatal exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and child lung function in the CANDLE cohort.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Its Impact on Pediatric Lung Function, Aerobic Fitness, and Body Mass: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effect of dietary antioxidant quality score on tobacco smoke exposure and asthma in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES database.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Guardian's knowledge and attitude towards inhaled corticosteroids aerosol therapy and medication compliance of children with wheezing diseases.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2024Article
- Environmental tobacco smoke exposure exaggerates bleomycin-induced collagen overexpression during pulmonary fibrogenesis.Journal of inflammation (London, England) · 2024Article
- Reporting of social determinants of health in randomized controlled trials conducted in the pediatric intensive care unit.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
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- Reduced Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Infants Affected by Severe Bronchiolitis.Current neuropharmacology · 2024Article
- Contrasting Health Outcomes following a Severe Smoke Episode and Ambient Air Pollution in Early Life: Findings from an Australian Data Linkage Cohort Study of Hospital Utilization.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionChildhood respiratory illness is a major cause of morbidity and mortality particularly in low and middle-income countries. Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is a recognised risk factor for both acute and chronic respiratory illness. Areas covered: The aim of this paper was to review the epidemiology of ETS exposure and impact on respiratory health in children. We conducted a search of 3 electronic databases of publications on ETS and childhood respiratory illness from 1990-2015. Key findings were that up to 70% of children are exposed to ETS globally, but under-reporting may mask the true prevalence. Maternal smoking and ETS exposure influence infant lung development and are associated with childhood upper and lower respiratory tract infection, wheezing or asthma. Further, exposure to ETS is associated with more severe respiratory disease. ETS exposure reduces lung function early in life, establishing an increased lifelong risk of poor lung health. Expert commentary: Urgent and effective strategies are needed to decrease ETS exposure in young children to improve child and long-term lung health in adults especially in low and middle income countries where ETS exposure is increasing.
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