Cigarette Smoking and Diabetes: An Update

The article provides an overview of recent scientific information on the role of cigarette smoking in the prognosis of diabetes. Data sources included an English‐language MEDLINE search for 1989 through 6/1993, supplemented by manual search of bibliographies of pertinent articles. Only studies of humans were considered. Cigarette smoking is related to the development and progression of diabetic nephropathy. Therefore, smoking status has to be taken into account in clinical studies on the course of nephropathy. The association between smoking and retinopathy is less consistent. Evidence is accumulating that cigarette smoking influences insulin action. Several large prospective cohort studies have shown that the relative risk for all‐cause mortality is about twice as high for smoking compared to non‐smoking diabetic patients. Strong associations are consistently found between cigarette‐pack years and complications. It has been calculated that the theoretical benefit of stopping smoking is the most (cost‐)effective risk factor intervention for diabetic patients. However, available programmes to help diabetic patients to stop smoking are unsuccessful.

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