Dear MakavellianRose, you pose a good question and hope to provide you with a good answer. There are many triggers to asthma, smoking is one of them. Asthma presents with a combination of problems in the lungs, bronchial muscle spasms, swelling of the mucus lining, and increase mucus production. Asthma attacks are triggered by many allergens and/or environmental irritants. I put cigarettes in this category so my answer will be a BIG YES!, smoking could very well be a trigger to asthma attacks or make matters worse. Allopathic medicine treats asthmatic conditions with albuterol and other similar inhalers. The FDA has determined these drugs are safe to use on a long term basis but a while ago, there were rumors that inhaler production was going to be eliminated as air borne particles of this type of drugs were being sent into the air thus causing damage to the Ozone. I am not sure what came about this plan. If you want to learn more about the effects of inhalers such as albuterol, I suggest you visit this site additional information http://www.emedtv.com/articles-a-to-z-page-6.html
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Dear MakavellianRose, you pose a good question and hope to provide you with a good answer. There are many triggers to asthma, smoking is one of them. Asthma presents with a combination of problems in the lungs, bronchial muscle spasms, swelling of the mucus lining, and increase mucus production. Asthma attacks are triggered by many allergens and/or environmental irritants. I put cigarettes in this category so my answer will be a BIG YES!, smoking could very well be a trigger to asthma attacks or make matters worse. Allopathic medicine treats asthmatic conditions with albuterol and other similar inhalers. The FDA has determined these drugs are safe to use on a long term basis but a while ago, there were rumors that inhaler production was going to be eliminated as air borne particles of this type of drugs were being sent into the air thus causing damage to the Ozone. I am not sure what came about this plan. If you want to learn more about the effects of inhalers such as albuterol, I suggest you visit this site additional information http://www.emedtv.com/articles-a-to-z-page-6.html
March 9, 2009 - 9:28pmThis Comment
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