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Asthma Program at the Florida Department of Health

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by episodes or attacks of inflammation and narrowing of small airways in response to asthma "triggers."  Asthma attacks can vary from mild to life-threatening and involve shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, chest pain or tightness, or a combination of these symptoms.  Many factors can trigger an asthma attack, including allergens, exercise, abrupt changes in the weather, or exposure to airway irritants, such as tobacco and smoke.

Florida Asthma Plan 2009 - 2014 ( 1.7 MB zipped PDF file)

Florida Asthma Program Webinar - Power Point Presentation used for the webinar on the May 6, 2010 (3 MB zipped Power Point Presentation)

Asthma Resources

Safety Announcement from US Food and Drug Administration on long-acting inhaled asthma medications

Take Actions this Summer to Reduce Exposures to Asthma Triggers

• http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/bb75f409042e86b885257744006708c5!OpenDocument

Other Asthma Trigger Related Webpages:

• http://www.airnow.gov/
• http://www.epa.gov/smokefree/
• http://www.epa.gov/asthma/molds.html
• http://www.epa.gov/reg3artd/asthma/asthma.htm
• http://www.asthmacommunitynetwork.org/

Other Links

• http://www.cdc.gov/asthma/faqs.htm
• http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/index.htm#asthma
• http://www.lungusa.org/associations/states/florida/ala-in-fla.html
• http://www.aafa.org/index.cfm