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Relationship between smoking and diabetes becoming more apparent.
Back in 2010, the U.S. Surgeon General report mentioned a possible link between smoking and the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, a new report, released upon the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General’s report on January 11, 2014, details new information regarding the effects of smoking that are quite concerning.
According to the new report “The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress,” current smokers have a 30% to 40% increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes simply due to the fact that they smoke. The new report is based upon recent research which has conclusively shown that smoking causes a dose-response relationship with the development of diabetes and this reduction lessens in people who quit the habit completely.
“The evidence is sufficient to infer that cigarette smoking is a cause of diabetes,” said U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Boris Lushniak.
Included in this new report is research which looked at a meta-analysis of pooled studies that included almost four million participants. None of the subjects had diabetes at the beginning of the studies and they were all controlled for age, gender, body weight, alcohol intake, diet, education, family history, and levels of physical activity.
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