The Burden of Diabetes in Pennsylvania 2010

Behavioral Health Risks of Pennsylvania

Guidlines for Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. November 2003

Health, United States, 2008 with Special Feature on Young Adults

Health, United States, 2009 with Special Feature on Medical Technology

PDFs are attached below.

ABSTRACT:

There is evidence for increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes among cigarette smokers.
In addition, smoking-associated health risks can exacerbate major conditions that precede
or accompany diabetes, such as cardiovascular and kidney diseases. Smoking cessation can
result in weight gain and a short-term worsening of some diabetic symptoms that may deter
smokers with diabetes from attempting to quit. Additionally, there is limited evidence
regarding the efficacy/safety of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies in this population
and the general effects of smoking cessation, particularly for type 1 diabetes. Smoking
cessation in diabetes therefore remains a highly relevant subject for further research.

Journal: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 85 (2009) 4–1 3.

ABSTRACT:

PURPOSE: We studied a cohort of individuals to assess whether intensity of environmental tobacco
smoke (ETS) exposure is associated with the incidence of type 2 diabetes.
 

METHODS: Study subjects were selected from an ongoing population-based cohort of Korea Genome
and Epidemiology Study. Participants of the baseline study 10,038 persons within the age range of 40 to
69 years old. Among 4,442 never smokers without prevalent diabetes, 465 type 2 diabetes cases were identified
through biennial active follow-ups for a 6-year period. Cox proportional hazard models were used to
estimate the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) after adjustment for covariates.
 

RESULTS: The risk of type 2 diabetes was higher in subjects exposed to ETS compared with the nonexposure
group (HRZ1.41, 95% CI: 1.1–1.70). Daily exposure to ETS at home increased the risk of type 2
diabetes when compared with the risk level of nonexposure (HRZ1.46, 95% CI: 1.16–1.83). Over 4 hours
exposure to ETS at home and in the workplace was associated with increased the risk of type 2 diabetes
(HR Z 1.96, 95% CI: 1.21–3.19).
 

CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that ETS exposure is a significant risk factor for the development of
type 2 diabetes with dose-response relationship.

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PowerPoint presentations from the 2010 CDC Diabetes Translation Conference plenary, symposia, and concurrent sessions can now be downloaded from the official conference Web site. Be sure to forward this e-mail to your colleagues and associates who were unable to attend the conference, so they can visit the site as well.  Persons with disabilities experiencing problems accessing the diabetes conference PowerPoint presentations should contact ddtmedia@cdc.gov or call 770-488-5000. Visit  to access the slides