[The respiratory effects of smoking]

Abstract

A marked increase in the morbidity and mortality of a large number of broncho-pulmonary diseases has been documented in relation to smoking. The influence of tobacco smoking on various respiratory conditions. is discussed: incidence, severity or natural history modification of some respiratory illnesses: obstructive lung diseases (COPD, asthma), lung cancer, bacterial, viral respiratory infections, with the impact of smoking on tuberculosis. Finally, the relationship of tobacco with diffuse interstitial lung disease: protective role of smoking (controversial in sarcoidosis, real in hypersensitivity pneumonitis). The benefits of smoking cessation are described.

Keywords: Asthma; Asthme; BPCO; COPD; Cancer bronchique; Interstitial diseases; Lung; Lung cancer; Maladies interstitielles; Poumon; Smoking; Tabagisme.