[Smoking habit among parents of kids with respiratory system allergies during 10 years observation].

Abstract

Allergies of the respiratory system are very often at children and are a global problem and still increasing. Passive smoking may predispose to allergies. Assuming that anti-smoking education conducted among of the children’s parents during each control visit to the Allergy Clinic affects the behavior of the parents, we decided to analyze its effectiveness.

Materials and methods: The study comprised parents of 946 children at the Allergy Clinic, who were diagnosed and treated in years 2005-2014. The anti-nicotine education was applied by whole period of observation during routine medical visits. The outcome of an anti-smoking education achieved nearly 70 % efficiency.

Results: Anti-nicotine education of the children’s parents diseased on chronic allergic diseases of respiratory system is very good restrictive agent their exposition on smoking the tobacco. Contemporaneously in eftective way influences on decisions of adults about cessation smoking and the healthy style ot life promotes.