The influence of cigarette smoking on adult asthma outcomes

Despite having a chronic respiratory disease, adults with asthma do not appear to selectively avoid smoking. We used data from a prospective cohort study of 865 adults, with asthma recruited from a large managed care organization after hospitalization for asthma. In this study, we analysed the assoc...

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Published in:Nicotine & tobacco research 2007-01, Vol.9 (1), p.53-56
Main Authors: Eisner, Mark D., Iribarren, Carlos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age of Onset
Asthma - epidemiology
Asthma - rehabilitation
Cohort Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
Quality of Life - psychology
Respiration, Artificial
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking Cessation - methods
Smoking Prevention
Surveys and Questionnaires
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Despite having a chronic respiratory disease, adults with asthma do not appear to selectively avoid smoking. We used data from a prospective cohort study of 865 adults, with asthma recruited from a large managed care organization after hospitalization for asthma. In this study, we analysed the association between cigarette smoking and asthma health outcomes, controlling for age, sex, race, educational attainment, household income, atopic history, and history of childhood asthma onset. Current smoking was associated with increased severity of asthma (mean increment, 1.36 points; 95% CI=0.36, 2.36), worse asthma-specific quality of life (mean score increment, 5.49 points; 95% CI=2.19, 8.78), and worse generic mental health status (mean score decrement, −4.57 points; 95% CI=−7.01, −2.12); p
ISSN:1462-2203
1469-994X
DOI:10.1080/14622200601078293