Quitting Smoking and Diabetes : Dr. Gourmet's Health and Nutrition Bites

We know that quitting smoking reduces many risks to your health, and not just cancer: heart disease, emphysema and diabetes are also commonly linked to smoking. One of the reasons many of my patients cite for fearing to quit smoking, however, is the weight gain that so often seems to follow quitting. And weight gain, as we know, leads to its own health risks, including diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. So if you quit smoking, is your risk of diabetes lower (because of quitting), higher (because of the weight gain) or does it stay the same? Quitting Smoking and Diabetes