Gaining a little weight after quitting tobacco is offset by the benefits for people with diabetes

[Northerner]

Two new studies point to yet more reasons to kick the tobacco habit. In one, researchers found quitting smoking is worth it for people with diabetes despite worries about potential weight gain. In the other, scientists discovered smoking might have a much greater impact on the cognitive function than originally thought. Both studies were presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2019, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population-based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians, held in Houston this week.

In the study on smoking cessation, weight change and the risk of developing or dying from cardiovascular diseases in people with diabetes, researchers analyzed detailed, long-term health information from two studies that included 10,895 men and women with diabetes. Overweight and obesity are risk factors for diabetes, and both diabetes and smoking tobacco are major risk factors for heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190305162014.htm

 

[Docb]

At best smoking screws up your body and at worst turns a life into a short, miserable existence. Who needs more studies to tell you it is a bad idea?

 

[mikeyB]

Don’t know about miserable. I was perfectly happy puffing on my pipe, because when I stopped, my ulcerative colitis flared up. Nothing more miserable than that. I now vape nicotine for the same reason. A dislike of blood and pus in the toilet bowl.