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Diabetes
and Smoking
Although
tobacco products are harmful for everyone, tobacco products
that are smoked are particularly dangerous for diabetics,
who are already at risk for cardiovascular disease. If you're
a diabetic who has smoked, no matter how long, you can improve
your health by quitting. November
is American Diabetes month.
Click
here to read about community events on the American Diabetes
Association website.
Smoking
and diabetes are a dangerous combination. Smoking raises
your risk for diabetes problems. If you quit smoking, you’ll
lower your risk for heart attack, stroke, nerve disease, and
kidney disease. Your cholesterol and your blood pressure levels
may improve. Your blood circulation will also improve. Smokefree.gov
provides
free, accurate, evidence-based information and professional
assistance to help support the immediate and long-term needs
of people trying to quit smoking.
Secondhand
smoke has also been shown as a risk factor for diabetes.
If you're a diabetic, you should avoid contact with smoke.
Click
here to read the article from the NewScientist website.
Speak
to your health practitioner about quitting smoking. If not
for you, for a loved one. The
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services offers
support services for quitting. Click
here to visit their website and learn more.
The
American Diabetes Association (ADA) lists the reasons why
diabetics who smoke have a greater mortality rate as:
- Smoking
decreases oxygen in the tissues, which can lead to a heart
attack or stroke.
- Smoking
increases cholesterol and blood pressure, which raises your
risk of heart attack.
- Smoking
constricts and damages blood vessels, which can make foot
ulcers worse.
- Smoking
increases your risk of damage to the nerves and kidneys.
- Smoking
increases your risk of colds and other respiratory illnesses.
- Smoking
increases blood sugar levels.
- Smoking
triples your risk of death from cardiovascular disease,
compared to diabetics who don't smoke.
Click
here for more detailed information from the ADA about
diabetes risks associated with smoking. To read a May, 2009
study about the risks these hazards pose for a diabetic, click
here.
Supporting
Material
Click
here for a May, 2009 presentation given by Heather Dacus,
DO, MPH, Director, Bureau of Chronic Disease Control for the
New York State Department of Health. Dr. Dacus describes the
prevalence of smoking in the population of individuals with
diabetes and gives recommendations on how to integrate treatment
of tobacco dependence as a routine component of diabetes care.
Links
to Studies
 The
April 6, 2010 issue of the European Journal of Epidemiology
reported a
7-year German study which concluded that active smoking
is a risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes, for patients
between the ages of 55-74. Active smoking had a statistically
significant effect on diabetes incidence.
The
November 2009 issue of Diabetic Medicine published a study
that chronic secondhand smoke exposure significantly increases
the risk for Type 2 diabetes, according to a study of Greek
and Cypriot elderly men and women. 1190 elderly men and women
aged 65 years, from several Greek and Cypriot islands in the
Mediterranean during 2005–2007, participated in the study.
"Chronic exposure to secondhand smoke significantly increased
the likelihood of having Type 2 diabetes by 63%. Each year
of exposure to secondhand smoke was associated with a 2% increased
chance of developing the condition after controlling for confounders,"
as reported by MedWireNews.
Click
here to read a study done at Purdue University and published
in the March 18, 2008 Toxicological Sciences journal which
connects nicotine use with type 2 diabetes; causal effects
during pregnancy; diabetes combined with heart and vascular
disease, and includes the use of nicotine replacement products
in the presence of disease.
Click
here to read a study from December 12, 2007 which concludes
active smoking is associated with an increased risk of type
2 diabetes.
Click
here to see this 2007 study published by the American
Diabetes Association highlighting the disparity in care between
diabetic smokers and diabetic non-smokers.
Click
here to read an early study from February, 1993 published
in the American Journal of Public Health linking an increased
risk for diabetes in women who smoke, identifying it as a
targeted lifestyle change for diabetes prevention.
U.S.
Centers for Disease Control's Tobacco-Related Diabetes Integration
Project
In 2009, the New Jersey State Department of Health and Human
Services' Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program (CTCP) and
its Chronic Disease Prevention and Control (CDPC), partnered
to form the Centers for Disease Control's Tobacco-Diabetes
Integration Project, under the CDC's Collaborative Chronic
Disease, Health Promotion, and Surveillance Project. GASP
is a Project Partner, providing resource information on tobacco
prevention and diabetes, and offering advocacy training modules
on tobacco control advocacy, to diabetes prevention partners.
Our NJ-based CDC partners on the Project include:
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American
Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
Jason Plaia, 732-914-1000
jason.plaia@cancer.org
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Mom's
Quit Connection
www.snjpc.org
Merle Weitz, 856-675-5322 mweitz@snjpc.org
Cathy Butler, 856-675-5289 cbutler@snjpc.org |
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Atlantic
Prevention Resources
www.atlprev.org
Dr. Robert Zlotnick, CEO ceo@atlprev.org
Kimberly Burns, 609-272-0964
atlanticctpfnj@aol.com
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Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School - UMDNJ
Marc Steinberg, PhD marc.steinberg@umdnj.edu
Donna Drummond, MS, LPC drummodl@umdnj.edu
732-235-4341
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Center
for Prevention & Counseling
www.centerforprevention.org
Cindy Meakem, CHES, 973-383-4787
cindy@centerforprevention.org
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Vineland
Health Department
www.vldhealth.org/Health%20Education.htm
Emma Lopez, 856-794-4261 x4709
elopez@vinelandcity.org |
Two
state laws establish diabetes awareness programs in New Jersey:
- NJSA
26:2-138 through 142: Establishes the Diabetes
Control Program within the NJ State Department of Health,
to minimize the incidence of death and disability so often
attributed to diabetes.
- NSA
26:2-160 through 167.3: Establishes the New Jersey Office
on Minority and Multicultural Health, renamed from the New
Jersey Office on Minority Health, which shall seek to address
minority racial and ethnic health concerns, and reduce disparities
in the incidence of cancer, cardiovascular disease and stroke,
chemical dependency, diabetes, asthma, homicide, suicide,
accidental injury, infant mortality, child immunization
rates and HIV/AIDS; with the ultimate goal of enabling all
members of racial and ethnic minority populations in this
State to have access to high-quality health care.
New
Jersey Diabetes Informational Websites
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Diabetes
Prevention and Control Program
P.O. Box 364
Trenton NJ 08625-0364
Phone: 609-984-6137
Fax: 609-292-9288
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A
subdivision of Family Health Services, the program offers
general information, statistics, and data about diabetes.
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Garden
State Association
of Diabetes Educators
contact:Nancy Rhodes, RN, BS, MA, CDE
Phone:
609-448-5063
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Gives
a list of the diabetes education programs in New Jersey
that the American Diabetes Association recognizes as meeting
National Standards of Excellence.
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New
Jersey State-funded Cessation Services:
Privately
Funded Cessation Services Available in New Jersey:
Learn
about becoming a certified tobacco treatment specialist through
the UMDNJ
School of Public Health Tobacco Training Program.
Diabetes
Informational Websites
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California
Diabetes Program
PO Box 997377, MS 7211
Sacramento, CA 95899-7377
Phone: 916-552-9888
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California's
"Do you cAARd" campaign to join Diabetes educators
with smoker's hotline to assist diabetes patients to quit
smoking. Caard stands for ask, advise, refer. Toolkits,
cards, etc. |
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Indiana
State Department of Health Diabetes Prevention and Control
Program, Chronic Disease
2 N. Meridian Street, 6 B
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-233-7634
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Developed
a smoking and diabetes fact sheet in February, 2009. Click
here to get see the fact sheet. |
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New
York State Smokers' Quitline
1-866- NY-QUITS
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Downloadable
fact-sheets on various smoking related topics. Click
here to get the diabetes-related one. |
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Rhode
Island State Dept of Health Diabetes Prevention and
Control Program
3 Capitol Hill, Room 408
Providence, RI 02908
Phone:401-222-6957
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Has
the DIRES Program (Diabetes Information and Referral
and Education Specialist). Click
here to see their downloadable brochure on smoking
and diabetes.
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Federal websites
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American
Diabetes Association
ATTN: National Call Center
1701 North Beauregard Street
Alexandria , VA 22311
T: 1-800-DIABETES [1-800-342-2382]
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Association
offers explanations about all types of diabetes, nutrition
advice and recipes, tips on weight loss and exercise,
research outcomes, advocacy opportunities, information
specifically to health professionals, and newsletters.
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Department
of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (NCCDPHP)
4770 Buford Hwy, NE
MS K-40
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
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Good
source of general diabetes control and management information,
but no references to smoking. |
National
Diabetes Education Program
1 Diabetes Way
Bethesda , MD 20814-9692
Phone: 301-496-3583
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Sponsored
by the federal government, NDEP provides information and
resources for medical professionals and clients of all
ages about diabetes screening, treatment, and prevention. |
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National
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
1 Information Way
Bethesda, MD 20892–3560
Phone: 1–800–860–8747
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Tips
for keeping diabetes under control once you have it
including quitting smoking. There are useful literature
and handouts available from the homepage.
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Smokefree.gov
was created by the Tobacco Control Research Branch of
the National Cancer Institute and is a collarborative
site with other institutions. Visit the website for
more information.
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Provides
free, accurate, evidence-based information and professional
assistance to help support the immediate and long-term
needs of people trying to quit smoking.
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