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,4 ' HK0270179 37~9 3,9 IN DR, FEINSILVER'S WELL WRII-I'EN ARTICLE ON ."THE CAUSES OF ASTHMA",,, ANN ALLERG ~(LI): 249J 1974 ZUSSMAN, BM ~: THIS LETTER CRITICIZES A PAPER (DOCUMENT #36668) ON ASTHMA ETIOLOGY,,,FOR NOT LISTING "EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO SMOKE AS A MAJOR CAUSE" OF THIS DISEASE, "TOBACCO SMOKE EXPOSURE IS FAR MORE PREVALENT THAN THE OTHER COMMON INHALANTS MENTIONED AND EXPOSURE STARTS FROM EARLY INFANCY IN THE HOME,,,FOLLOWED BY EXPOSURE AT SCHOOLs AT WORK AND IN NUMEROUS OTHER SITUATIONS, 641 OF ALLERGIC INFANTS WHO ARE EXPOSED TO THEIR PARENTS' SMOKING DEVELOP TOBACCO HYPERSENSITIVITY BY AGE FIVE YEARS,,,, "TOBACCO HYPERSENSITIVITY IS A SPECIFIC ALLERGIC ENTITY FOUND FOUR TIMES MORE FREQUENTLY IN FEMALES THAN MALES WHO DO NOT SMOKE BUT HAVE CLINICAL SYMPTOMS ON EXPOSURE TO TOBACCO SMOKE, CHILDREN AS WELL AS ADULTS ARE AFFECTED AND THE INCIDENCE IS 16~ OF THE ALLERGIC POPULATIONs OR ABOUT 8 MILLION PERSONS, IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO EQUATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMOKING AND ASTHMA WITH THE ALLERGIC PATIENT WHO DOES NOT SMOKE BUT WHO STILL SUFFERS FROM TOBACCO HYPER- SENSITIVITY. THESE ARE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONCEPTS WHICH MUST BE EVALUATED SEPARATELY BEFORE A TRUE ASSAY OF ALL THE CAUSES OF ASTHHA CAN BE MADE," NOHE LETTER TO EDITORs MEDICAL OPINION, ASTHMA PASSIVE SMOKING AS$OC, ASTI-UIA RISK FACTORS, TOBACCO ALLERGY, TOBACCO HYPERSENSITIVITY, /AM/' EI-R 9B CBT'IG 010t~O

HK0270180 TOBACCO SMOKING/ PARENTAL SMOKING, SEX FACTORS, ASTHMA SHOKING CAUSATION 1, ANTISMOKING HEDICAL ADVICEj ANTISHOKI~G PROGRAMS EFFECTIVENESS, SHOKING DISCONTINUATION HOTIVATIONo TOBACCO ANTIGEN/ ASTHHA ENVIRONHENTAL FACTORS CAUSATION lo DUST EXPOSURE, CHEHICAL IRRITANTS/ ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ~EHPHIS TENN RESIDENCE, USA RESIDENCE, CHILDREN E'.TR 90 COHIL.~ 0105'1