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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
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| | Chapter 6 Asthma, allergy, and smoke exposure |
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| | Newborn infants of nonallergic parents have a fourfold higher risk of developing |
| | allergic disease before 18 months of age if the mother smokes. |
| | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, November 1986, p. 898 |
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| | In a study from England, having one parent (or both) who smoked quadrupled the risk |
| | for having an allergic disorder (asthma, eczema, food allergy) at age 12 months. |
| | Passive smoking is an important risk factor for the early development of allergy. |
| | Archives of Diseases of Children, April 1992, p. 496 |
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| | In a study of children born to parents with hay fever or asthma, by 5 years of age, the |
| | incidence of wheezing was 62% among children of parents who smoked and 37% |
| | among children of nonsmokers. |
| | Archives of Diseases of Children 62:336, 1987 |
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| | In a study of children with asthma in Washington DC and Baltimore, 56% lived with a |
| | household smoker. |
| | Annals of Allergy, February 1994, p. 174 |
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| | In a study of children with asthma and cockroach allergy living in the inner city, 58% |
| | lived in homes with at least one smoker. |
| | NEJM, September 11, 1997, p. 791 |
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| | In a study from West Virginia of 159 children less than two years old with infantile |
| | asthma, 59% had exposure to tobacco smoke in the home. |
| | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, January 1998, p. S186 |
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