Association between Second-Hand Exposure to E-Cigarettes at Home…
Association between Second-Hand Exposure to E-Cigarettes at Home and Exacerbations in Children with Asthma. Children. 18 March 2024
“Our results clearly showed that patients exposed to second-hand e-cigarette smoking needed a more aggressive treatment in terms of frequency of rescue therapy requirement and necessity of therapeutic step-up, although data coming from the evaluation of ACT and c-ACT scores did not demonstrate a significant difference as regards asthma control between the two groups. Even though our overall sample size was not large enough to make our results statistically meaningful, the current study explicitly identifies the harmful role of e-aerosol on the respiratory tract.”
“Although we did not find a statistically significant correlation between second-hand e-cigarette exposure and asthma exacerbations, our findings suggest that asthmatic children exposed second-hand to e-cigarettes may have increased risk of asthma symptomatic days.”
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/11/3/356
Comment: This small study (n=54) reflects the growing understanding that children exposed to aerosols from e-cigarettes have symptomatic consequences from these exposures, and exposures of this type should be eliminated, especially for small children. Stephen Hamann
