Cigarette smoking is another trigger that must be avoided. If you smoke, you need to quit. Smoking cigarettes will make your asthma worse, and if you breathe the smoke from someone else's cigarette, you may get an asthma attack. This is true for children, too. In fact, children are especially at risk when they breathe secondhand smoke.
Studies show that children of smokers are more likely to suffer asthma attacks.
Their asthma gets worse, too. But you can do something about this. The wisest and healthiest things you can do are to live, work and play in places that are smoke free. Asthma symptoms and attacks usually get started by triggers. Talk to a doctor about these triggers.