Smoking significantly increases the risk of diabetes and worsens the condition in patients with diabetes. Its main effects include raising blood glucose, increasing insulin resistance, damaging blood vessels, exacerbating complications, and reducing treatment efficacy.I. Raising Blood GlucoseSmoking directly increases blood glucose levels.Harmful substances such as nicotine in tobacco stimulate the release of glucose-raising hormones (epinephrine, […]
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Harms of Smoking for People with Diabetes
Smoking not only increases the risk of cancer, respiratory diseases, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but is also closely associated with the development and progression of diabetes and its complications.A study including more than 6,000 patients with diabetes showed that after adjusting for other factors that raise HbA1c, smoking itself increases HbA1c.Each additional 20 pack‑years […]