| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 6 Asthma, allergy, and smoke exposure |
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| Maternal smoking causes a three-fold increase risk of an infant having abnormally |
| high levels of IgE antibody in the umbilical cord blood at birth. Increased IgE is |
| associated with an increased risk of allergy. |
| Cigarettes, p. 87 |
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| Allergy to tobacco leaf mediated by IgE manifest by urticaria and rhinoconjunctivitis |
| has been reported as an occupational allergy in tobacco farmers and workers. |
| Annals of Allergy, February 1999, p. 194 |
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| In a study from San Francisco in the July 1998 American Journal of Respiratory and |
| Critical Care Medicine, non-smoking asthmatics exposed to secondhand smoke had |
| double the number of asthma-related emergency room visits compared to asthma |
| patients not exposed to smoke. ETS was also associated with greater asthma |
| severity. |
| Reuters, July 17, 1998 |
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| Having a mother who smokes doubles a child's risk of developing asthma. When |
| asthma does develop, it is much more likely to begin in the first year of life, to be more |
| severe, and to require full-time medication. |
| Pediatrics, April 1990, p. 505 |
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| Children of smokers have a much higher incidence and severity of asthma, bronchitis, |
| colds, and ear infections. They also have impaired lung development and reduced |
| lung function tests. |
| American Journal of Public Health, February 1989, p. 209 |
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