Review series
Paediatric origins of adult lung diseases
4
Tobacco related lung diseases begin in childhood
P N Le SouëfDepartment of
Paediatrics, University of Western Australia, Princess Margaret
Hospital for Children, GPO Box D184, Perth, Western Australia 6001
Correspondence to: Professor P N Le Souëf peterles@paed.uwa.edu.au
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
 |
Introduction |
|---|
Tobacco related diseases are the most important cause of respiratory morbidity and mortality in adults. Adult tobacco related respiratory disease may begin in childhood in two ways. Firstly, long term lung damage could occur due to passive exposure from tobacco products reaching the fetus via the placental circulation in utero, and through the air in infants and children. Secondly, most adult smokers begin to smoke while they are children so that factors associated with initiation of smoking and failure of cessation during childhood are of major importance in determining long term adult morbidity from active smoking. There are several strategies to minimise smoking that have been shown to be effective and these should be adopted by educational and governmental agencies. Tobacco companies have played a major role in promoting their products to children and in lobbying politicians to limit effective preventative strategies.
| |
Influence of passive smoke exposure on respiratory physiology and long term respiratory outcome |
|---|
EFFECTS OF IN UTERO EXPOSURE
If the mother
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
This article has been cited by other articles:
-
Goodwin, R. D., Keyes, K. M., Hasin, D. S.
(2009). Changes in Cigarette Use and Nicotine Dependence in the United States: Evidence From the 2001-2002 Wave of the National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcoholism and Related Conditions. AJPH
99: 1471-1477
[Abstract] [Full Text] -
Keskinoglu, P., Cimrin, D., Aksakoglu, G.
(2007). The Impact of Passive Smoking on the Development of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Children. J Trop Pediatr
53: 319-324
[Abstract] [Full Text] -
Henschen, M., Stocks, J., Brookes, I., Frey, U.
(2006). New aspects of airway mechanics in pre-term infants. Eur Respir J
27: 913-920
[Abstract] [Full Text] -
Turner, S. W., Palmer, L. J., Rye, P. J., Gibson, N. A., Young, S., Goldblatt, J., Landau, L. I., Le Souef, P. N.
(2005). Determinants of airway responsiveness to histamine in children. Eur Respir J
25: 462-467
[Abstract] [Full Text] -
Hoo, A.-F., Stocks, J., Lum, S., Wade, A. M., Castle, R. A., Costeloe, K. L., Dezateux, C.
(2004). Development of Lung Function in Early Life: Influence of Birth Weight in Infants of Nonsmokers. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.
170: 527-533
[Abstract] [Full Text] -
Hofhuis, W, de Jongste, J C, Merkus, P J F M
(2003). Adverse health effects of prenatal and postnatal tobacco smoke exposure on children. Arch. Dis. Child.
88: 1086-1090
[Abstract] [Full Text] -
Chang, A B, Wilson, S J, Masters, I B, Yuill, M, Williams, J, Williams, G, Hubbard, M
(2003). Altered arousal response in infants exposed to cigarette smoke. Arch. Dis. Child.
88: 30-33
[Abstract] [Full Text]
- Full Text
- Full Text (PDF)
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me if a correction is posted
- Citation Map
Services
- Email this link to a friend
- Similar articles in this journal
- Similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Topic Collections
Bookmark with
Register for free content
The full back archive is now available for all BMJ Journals. Institutional subscribers may access the entire archive as part of their subscription. Personal subscribers will also have access to all content when logged in. Non-subscribers who register have free access to all articles published before 2006 right back to volume 1 issue 1. Register here to access the free archive of all BMJ Journals.
Don't forget to sign up for content alerts so you keep up to date with all the articles as they are published.
