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Smoking marijuana 'increases baby's risk of asthma and premature birth'
Daily Mail Researchers found that women who smoked both marijuana and tobacco were more than twice as likely as women who used neither substance to experience asthma, two and a half times as likely to deliver prematurely and nearly three times as likely to have … |
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Capitalizing on a teachable moment motivates parents of kids with asthma to quit smoking
Science Daily Despite a reduction in overall smoking prevalence, parental smoking and pediatric SHSe remain high, particularly among minority and low income families with children with asthma. More than 40 percent of all children are exposed to SHSe, which increases … |
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Capitalizing on a teachable moment motivates parents of kids with asthma to quit smoking
EurekAlert (press release) (Boston)–Parents who smoke are more likely to quit smoking after receiving motivational smoking cessation counseling following a "teachable moment" (TM) such as witnessing their child experience an asthma attack. The study, which appears in the … |
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NorthEast Today |
Due To Second-Hand Smoking India Suffers More Asthma
NorthEast Today Higher male smoking rates such as India and Bangladesh can push up asthma and wheezing cases as a result of more exposure to second-hand smoke. This is what Jayadeep Patra, an epidemiologist at the Centre for Global Health Research at St Michael's … |
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Higher smoking rates will increase asthma risk in India: study
The Hans India Patra also noted there are significant variations in diagnosed asthma between countries, with increasing rates found in low-income and middle-income countries, potentially because of higher exposure to multiple risk factors, including the use of solid … |
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Deccan Chronicle |
Higher smoking rates will increase asthma risk in India: study
Deccan Chronicle Toronto: Countries with higher male smoking rates such as India and Bangladesh may develop higher asthma and wheezing rates as a result of more exposure to second-hand smoke, scientists say. Underweight and obese women who also drink alcohol and … |
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Times of India |
Second-hand smoking may increase asthma risk: Study
Times of India "Although individual physical and behavioural factors associated with asthma have been examined before, people are often exposed to multiple risk factors so it's important we understand the combined impact," said Dr Jayadeep Patra, lead author of the … |
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Unhealthy BMIs, smoking, drinking alcohol and solid fuel use increase asthma risk in women
News-Medical.net Underweight and obese women who also drank alcohol and smoked tobacco had a two-fold higher risk of being diagnosed with asthma than women with a healthy body mass index who did not drink or smoke, a St. Michael's Hospital study found. Women … |
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Effect of smoking status on the efficacy of the SMART regimen in high risk asthma.
Respirology. 2016 Feb 21;
Authors: Pilcher J, Patel M, Reddel HK, Pritchard A, Black P, Shaw D, Holt S, Weatherall M, Beasley R
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The optimal management of people with asthma with a significant smoking history is uncertain. The aim of this study was to determine whether the efficacy/safety profile of single combination inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)/long acting beta-agonist (LABA) inhaler maintenance and reliever therapy is influenced by smoking status.
METHODS: We undertook secondary analyses from an open-label 24-week randomized study of 303 high risk adult asthma patients randomized to budesonide/formoterol 200/6-µg-metred dose inhaler for maintenance (two actuations twice daily) and either budesonide/formoterol 200/6-µg-metred dose inhaler one actuation (‘single ICS/LABA maintenance and reliever therapy (SMART)’ regimen) or salbutamol 100?µg 1-2 actuations for symptom relief (‘Standard’ regimen). Smoking status was classified in to three groups, as ‘current’, ‘ex’ or ‘never’, and a smoking/treatment interaction term tested for each outcome variable. The primary outcome variable was number of participants with at least one severe exacerbation.
RESULTS: There were 59 current, 97 ex and 147 never smokers included in the analyses. The smoking status/treatment interaction term was not statistically significant for any of the outcome measures. With adjustment for smoking status, the number of participants with severe exacerbations was lower with the SMART regimen (OR 0.45, 95% CI: 0.26-0.77, P?=?0.004; P value for interaction between smoking status and treatment 0.29).
CONCLUSION: We conclude that the favourable safety/efficacy profile of the SMART regimen applies to patients with high risk asthma, irrespective of smoking status.
PMID: 26897389 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]
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Condition: Asthma
Interventions: Drug: olodaterol hydrochloride 2.5mcg, tiotropium bromide 2.5mcg; Drug: olodaterol 2.5 mcg
Sponsor: University of Dundee
Not yet recruiting – verified February 2016
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