Tobacco Control Laws and Pediatric Asthma

State laws on tobacco control--United States, 1995.

PROBLEM/CONDITION State laws on smoke-free indoor air, youth access to tobacco products, advertising of tobacco products, and excise taxes on tobacco products are summarized. REPORTING PERIOD COVERED Legislation effective through June 30, 1995. DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM CDC and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) identified state laws addressing tobacco control by using LEXIS, which is an on-li...

Status of asthma control in pediatric primary care: results from the pediatric Asthma Control Characteristics and Prevalence Survey Study (ACCESS).

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of uncontrolled asthma in pediatric patients with asthma visiting their primary care provider for any medical reason. STUDY DESIGN This was a cross-sectional survey conducted at 29 pediatric care sites across the United States. Children age 4-17 years with self- or caregiver-reported asthma completed the Childhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT) or the Asthma ...

[Asthma and tobacco smoke].

Comorbidities of pediatric asthma: A narrative review

Background: Asthma is one of the most common persistent inflammatory respiratory disorders. Comorbidities are relatively common in asthma. The aim of this review study was to find comorbid disorders in children with asthma. Methods: For the purpose of this review, we searched databases including Scopus, Google scholar, PubMed, SID, Irandoc and up-to-date. Key words for the search included chil...

Asthma control test and pediatric asthma quality of life questionnaire association in children with poor asthma control.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) and Asthma Control Test (ACT) in patients with poor asthma control. Children between 7-17 years of age with diagnosis of persistent asthma who are not on daily inhaler corticosteroid therapy were involved. At enrollment, sociodemographic and asthmatic characteristics were investi...