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Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and prevalence of asthma among adolescents in a middle eastern country.

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BACKGROUND:There is increasing evidence linking environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure at homes to the development of asthma among adolescents. Few studies have addressed this issue in the Middle Eastern countries including Kuwait. Therefore, this cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence of ETS exposure at home, prevalence of asthma and other respiratory conditions and examined the ETS exposure at home and personal tobacco smoking as risk factors for self-reported asthma among high-school students in Kuwait. METHODS:In this cross-sectional study, we enrolled participants from nine high-schools of Hawally Governorate of Kuwait during October 2015. We adapted a previously validated self-administered questionnaire for data collection. Prevalence of self-reported asthma and ETS exposure (≥ 1 smoker at home vs. none) were computed. The association between exposures of interest and self-reported asthma status was examined using a multivariable log-binomial regression model. RESULTS:Of 800 enrolled participants, 746 (92.2%) consented and completed the questionnaire. The participants with mean (SD) age of 16.8 (0.68) years were predominantly Kuwaiti (74.8%) and female (50.1%). The prevalence of ETS exposure at home and personal current smoking was 54 and 12.4% respectively. Self-reported asthma prevalence was 20.5%. Furthermore, the prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma, wheezing during the last 12 months and wheezing 'ever' was 16.4, 20.1 and 26.2%, respectively. Fitted multivariable log-binomial regression model revealed that compared with the non-asthmatic, participants with self-reported asthma tended to be current smokers (adjusted prevalence ratio (adjusted PR) = 1.82; 95% CI: 1.30-2.56; p = 0.001) or have had ETS exposure at home (adjusted PR = 1.64; 95% CI: 1.21-2.23; p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS:We recorded a high prevalence of ETS exposure at home, high prevalence of self-reported asthma and identified ETS exposure at home and being a current smoker as strong risk factors for self-reported asthma among adolescents. Voluntary household smoking bans may substantially minimize the ETS exposure among adolescents. Additionally, such restriction may inculcate an antismoking attitude and prevent smoking initiation among adolescents. Such efforts may bring about reduction in ETS exposure and associated asthma risk and other smoking-related morbidities in this and other similar settings.

journal_name

BMC Public Health

journal_title

BMC public health

authors

Booalayan H,Abdualrasool M,Al-Shanfari S,Boujarwa A,Al-Mukaimi A,Alkandery O,Akhtar S

doi

10.1186/s12889-020-09245-9

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-08-08 00:00:00

pages

1210

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issn

1471-2458

pii

10.1186/s12889-020-09245-9

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Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and prevalence of asthma among adolescents in a middle eastern country.