Risks of Smoking

There's no question that smoking is harmful to your health; however, now a new study shows smoking may also increase the risk of developing diabetes.

Morgantown -- People most often associate cigarette smoking with an increased risk of getting cancer or heart disease. According to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, type-two diabetes also makes the list. Geri Dino WVU School of Medicine says, “What's also interesting is that if, not only do you have a greater risk of getting diabetes, but if you have diabetes and you smoke, it increases the complications you'll get from diabetes."

You don't have to smoke to be at risk for health problems. Second hand smoke is also hazardous to your health. According to Geri Dino with WVU School of Medicine, “Even if a woman does not smoke, but she lives in a household with smokers, that increases her chance of breast cancer."

There's good news for people who kick the smoking habit.

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