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Patients & Consumers Conditions En Español Find an Allergist / Immunologist Just for Kids New Research Parent Resources Pollen Levels Publications Real Life Stories Request a Speaker School Tools Seniors The Virtual Allergist™ Treatments Search by Condition (A-Z) Search by Topic Allergy & Asthma Issues Educational Brochures Elements of Allergy and Asthma Order Public Education Materials Washington Post Supplement Allergy Shots Drug Guide Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT)		SELECTED ARTICLES FROM THE RECENT LITERATURE 2008 10/9/07 Impact of smoking on asthma symptoms, healthcare resource use, and quality of life outcomes in adults with persistent asthma. Summary These authors wanted to evaluate the associations between smoking and asthma-related outcomes. They used a stratified, random sample of adults from France, Germany, and the UK with persistent asthma. The subjects were surveyed from 2001 through 2004. Statistical analyses compared asthma symptoms and healthcare resource utilization for cigarette smokers compared with those for non-smokers. In multivariate analysis of data cigarette smokers were more likely to experience nighttime symptoms (OR 1.46, 95% CI 1.07, 1.97 P = 0.015) and were more likely to use healthcare resources than were non-smokers (P Reference Shavit, O., A. Swern, et al. (2007)., Qual Life Res. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS clearly show us that cigarette smoking in asthma patients leads to higher asthma costs related to increased emergency department visits and hospitalizations. As a cost-effective measure, smoke cessation programs should be initiated in all asthma patients that smoke.   BACK
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