Respiratory illness and infection were grouped as upper respiratory tract infection (unspecified upper respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, otitis media, otitis media with effusion), wheezing lower respiratory tract illness (wheezing associated respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,
Respiratory illness and
infection were grouped as upper
respiratory tract infection (unspecified upper respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, otitis media, otitis media with effusion), wheezing lower respiratory tract illness (wheezing associated respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,
respiratory tract
infection (unspecified upper
respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, otitis media, otitis media with effusion), wheezing lower respiratory tract illness (wheezing associated respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,
respiratory tract
infections, tonsillitis, otitis media, otitis media with effusion), wheezing lower
respiratory tract illness (wheezing associated respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,
respiratory tract illness (wheezing associated
respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,
respiratory illness, bronchiolitis, bronchospasm, or asthma), and non-wheezing lower
respiratory tract infection or illness (chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough,
respiratory tract
infection or illness (
chest infection, any pneumonia, whooping cough, chronic cough, or croup).
Smoke exposure increases
respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and medication dispensations for asthma, bronchitis,
chest pain, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (commonly known by its acronym, COPD),
respiratory infections, and medical visits for lung illnesses.38, 43,160 It has been associated with hundreds of thousands of deaths annually, in an assessment of the global health risks from landscape fire smoke.38, 43,44,141,45 Future climate change is projected to increase wildfire risks and associated emissions, with harmful impacts on health.18, 161,162,10,163,164,36