Asthma is not Enough: Continuation of Smoking Among Parents with an Asthmatic Child

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dc.contributor.authorLiem, Joel J
dc.contributor.authorKozyrskyj, Anita L
dc.contributor.authorBenoit, Cecilia M
dc.contributor.authorBecker, Allan B
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-08T16:48:18Z
dc.date.available2016-06-08T16:48:18Z
dc.date.issued2007-1-1
dc.date.updated2016-06-07T06:58:17Z
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Ideally, on diagnosis of asthma in a child, parents are counselled to decrease environmental tobacco smoke exposure to their children.OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a diagnosis of asthma in children altered parental smoking behaviour toward a reduction in environmental tobacco smoke exposure.METHODS: In 2002/2003, a survey was sent to 12,556 households with children born in 1995 in Manitoba. Parents were asked whether their seven-year-old child had asthma, and whether smokers were present in the home in 1995 and/or currently. The likelihood (OR) of a change in parental smoking behaviour was determined according to the presence of asthma in their child, a family history of asthma, the location of residence (rural or urban) and their socioeconomic status.RESULTS: A total of 3580 surveys (28.5%) were returned. The overall prevalence of parental smoking in 1995 and 2002/2003 was 32.2% and 23.4%, respectively (31.9%/23.2% and 32.3%/23.6% in rural and urban environments, respectively). In 2002/2003, the prevalence of parental smoking in homes with asthmatic children was 29.8%. Parents were not more likely to quit smoking (OR=1.01, 95% CI 0.66 to 1.54) or smoke outside (OR=1.02, 95% CI 0.56 to 1.83) if their child developed asthma. Parental smoking behaviour (quit smoking or smoked outside) did not change if there was a positive family history of asthma (OR=1.04, 95% CI 0.78 to 1.37), if they lived in a rural or urban location (OR=0.94, 95% CI 0.71 to 1.23), or if they were from a low- or high-income household (OR=1.12, 95% CI 0.85 to 1.47).CONCLUSIONS: The likelihood of altering parental smoking behaviour occurred independently of a diagnosis of asthma in their child, a family history of asthma, the location of residence and their socioeconomic status.
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dc.identifier.citationJoel J Liem, Anita L Kozyrskyj, Cecilia M Benoit, and Allan B Becker, “Asthma is not Enough: Continuation of Smoking Among Parents with an Asthmatic Child,” Canadian Respiratory Journal, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 349-353, 2007. doi:10.1155/2007/178789
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/178789
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/31396
dc.language.rfc3066en
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dc.rights.holderCopyright © 2007 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.titleAsthma is not Enough: Continuation of Smoking Among Parents with an Asthmatic Child
dc.typeJournal Article
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