Can I cause asthma?

Question

I have smoked for many years and do not have asthma. However my husband's family has a history of asthma and bronchitus. My son has been turned down by the military because he used an inhaler after age thirteen. Is it my fault? I've always passed the spirometer test but my husband and kids haven't. Why is this?

Answer 1

Although smoking doesn't help, I don't think you did anything to cause your sons asthma. In my husbands family, all the male children have asthma to one degree or another. Heredity is the guess.