Abstract:

Bronchial asthma (also called asthma) is one of the most common chronic diseases during childhood. During the past two decades, the global prevalence of asthma has been increasing. With the increase in prevalence of adult smoking, environmental tobacco smoke has become one of the risk factors for asthma in children. In this review, the effects and possible mechanism of environmental tobacco smoke on chronic airway inflammation in children with asthma are reviewed.

Key words: environmental tobacco smoke, bronchial asthma, airway inflammation