Children's pulmonary function tests, Effect of passive exposure to cigarette smoke, number and type of cigarettes

ABSTRACT

Large number of people continue to smoke cigarettes inspite of continued warnings concerning the health hazards of cigarette smoking. It has raised concern regarding the effects on passive or involuntary smokers. This study was planned to assess the effects of number and type of cigarettes smoked by active smokers on their children's pulmonary functions who were passively exposed to smoke. Low values for pulmonary functions were obtained in children exposed to smoke of greater number of cigarettes as compared to those children exposed to less smoke. Moreover, it was also found that non-filter tipped cigarettes affect the pulmonary function more as compared to the filter tipped cigarettes