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Abstract
Aim: Passive smoking is an important public health issue due to the clinical problems it causes. In this study, we determined the effect of passive smoking on respiratory tract infections using a survey method, family history, and urine cotinine/creatinine ratio. Methods: Seventy-two children who came to the Pediatric Outpatient Clinic at Istanbul Bagcilar Training and Research Hospital for a check-up with no current health problems between November 2020 and March 2021 were included in this prospective cross-sectional study. The study group included 36 children with at least one active smoker in the house, and the control group included 36 children with no active smokers in the house. With the survey, sociodemographic variables about the family and child as well as the frequency of lower or upper respiratory tract infection history were questioned. Cotinine and creatinine levels were measured using the urine samples of the patients included in the study. Results: The frequency of respiratory tract infections in the last two years was increased in the group with an active smoker in the household. The frequency of bronchopneumonia in the case group was 44.4%, whereas it was 5.6% in the control group. The sinus infection was seen in 22.2% of those in the case group, while there were no sinus infections reported in the control group. Bronchopneumonia and sinus infections were statistically significant in the case group (p