ASTHMA AND THE DANGERS OF SMOKING

When you have asthma your airways are extra sensitive.

Smoking makes your asthma worse, smoking may increase your chances of asthma attacks, smoking makes your asthma control harder to achieve, smoking increases your chances of permanently damaging your airways, smoking damages the cilia which move dust, pollens and other irritants from your lungs. This means that the cleaning action of your lungs is damaged.

If people smoke around you it may trigger an asthma attack, increase the number of asthma attacks you have, increase your need for asthma medications, reduce your lung function.

If a woman smokes during pregnancy the chemicals in the smoke are passed on to the baby, these chemicals affect the cells of the developing lungs and may increase the babys chances of having lung problems such as asthma. Children who live in a home with smokers are more likely to have respiratory infections.



SYMPTOMS AND TRIGGERS

TREATMENT

ASTHMA ATTACK

THE DANGERS OF SMOKING

ASTHMA AND EXERCISE

ASTHMA AND WORK

ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES

ASTHMA AND CARPETS

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