[stone fortress]

Smoking has significanly dropped...yet asthma has skyrocketed...go figure...it is not from smokers

[gondramB]

"Smoking has significanly dropped...yet asthma has skyrocketed...go figure...it is not from smokers"

some of that may be increased diagnosis. I've had allergies all my life and been to four different allergists over the last 25 years.

A couple of years ago a new allergist diagnosed the existing symptoms as asthma so now its on my insurance record.

but I concede your basic point - that smoking has decreased but that has not lowered ashtma. other diseases have gone down -but hopefully we aren't debating whether or not smoking is harmful - we are talking about the balance between personal freedom and the rights of other in public - with both being important.

[SheLion]

Smoking has significanly dropped...yet asthma has skyrocketed...go figure...it is not from smokers.

My kid grew up in a smoking home and she never had asthma.  The anti's sure have done a job on the minds of a lot of people out there.  Pity.