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The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| | Chapter 11 Other health problems |
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| | Other health problems: Diabetes |
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| | In a study from Japan, men who smoked had a 3.27 times higher risk of developing |
| | non-insulin-dependent diabetes. |
| | American Journal of Epidemiology, January 15, 1997 |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| | A study of adult onset (Type 2) diabetics in Italy found that smokers had double the |
| | risk of premature death (1.3% annual death rate) compared to nonsmoking adult |
| | onset diabetics (0.6% annual death rate). |
| | San Antonio Express, November 6, 1997 from American Society of Nephrology |
| | annual meeting |
| | tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| | Smoking appears to increase the risk for developing diabetes, and is also an |
| | important risk factor for insulin resistance. |
| | Cigarettes, pp. 138-139 |
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| | In a study from the Harvard School of Public Health, the relative risk of diabetes was |
| | 1.42 among women who smoked 25 or more cigarettes per day compared with |
| | nonsmokers. In another study of middle-aged Dutch men, the relative risk of diabetes |
| | was 3.3 times the risk in nonsmokers. |
| | American Journal of Public Health, February 1993, p. 211 |
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| | Young diabetics who smoke are two to three times more likely to develop kidney |
| | damage and renal failure than nonsmoking diabetics. |
| | JAMA, February 6, 1991, p. 614 |
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