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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Smoking is the main risk factor for all-cause mortality among patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes. It ranks higher than glucose, lipids, and blood pressure.
Worsening micro- and macroangiopathy complications, increased cardiovascular and renal risk, and poorer blood glucose control are also key issues.
These factors should be convincing enough to prompt any patient with diabetes to stub out their last cigarette and avoid the toxic mix of smoking and diabetes. Or at the very least, this was the hope held by experts at the annual conference of the French-speaking Diabetic Society (SFD) this year.
The latest figures for the number of smokers with diabetes in France were published by the country's public health authority in November 2022 in its weekly epidemiology surveillance report. It stated that a quarter of adults with type 1 diabetes (25.3%) and 13.4% of adults with type 2 diabetes reported being casual or daily smokers.
Worsening micro- and macroangiopathy complications, increased cardiovascular and renal risk, and poorer blood glucose control are also key issues.
These factors should be convincing enough to prompt any patient with diabetes to stub out their last cigarette and avoid the toxic mix of smoking and diabetes. Or at the very least, this was the hope held by experts at the annual conference of the French-speaking Diabetic Society (SFD) this year.
High Smoking Prevalence
Type 2 diabetes and smoking are chronic diseases that are major public health problems. Each significantly reduces life expectancy: 10 years on average for smoking and 6 years for type 2 diabetes.The latest figures for the number of smokers with diabetes in France were published by the country's public health authority in November 2022 in its weekly epidemiology surveillance report. It stated that a quarter of adults with type 1 diabetes (25.3%) and 13.4% of adults with type 2 diabetes reported being casual or daily smokers.
Strong Link Between Smoking and Diabetes
Without exception, epidemiologic studies point toward a link between active and, to a lesser extent, passive smoking and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
www.medscape.com
