Health Issues | Diabetes, Asthma & Smoking
Department of Health
...Asthmatics in a smoky room for 1 hour will have a 20% deterioration in short term lung function...
Diabetes - Key Facts
- About 1.4 million people in the UK are diagnosed with diabetes
- Smoking increases the risk of healthy adults developing diabetes
- Smoking can cause complications for those who have diabetes
- Smokers with diabetes are more likely to die earlier
- Smoking increase the risk of a blood clot or blocked artery
- The risk of heart attack is 4 times more likely in a diabetic who smokes
- Diabetic smokers are twice as likely to suffer a stroke
- Poor circulation from diabetes can cause impotence - this is made worse by smoking
- Smoking increases the risk of diabetic kidney damage by 40%
Stopping smoking helps prevent and control diabetes and other illnesses.
Asthma - Key Facts
- An estimated 5.1 million people in the UK have asthma
- Smoking in pregnancy and exposure to Secondhand smoke may be the cause of the rise in asthma sufferers
- Tobacco smoke and it's 4000 chemicals is a major asthma trigger for everyone
- Parents who smoke are more likely to have children with asthma
- Adults who are exposed to Secondhand smoke are more likely to develop asthma
- Asthma sufferers are more like to get chest infections caused by the effects of smoke
- Smoking makes it harder to control the effects of asthma
- The smell of cigarette smoke on clothes, furniture and in the car can trigger an asthma attack
- Exposure to smoke causes more severe attacks
- Adults working in a smoky environment are twice as likely to develop adult asthma as those working in a smoke-free environment
80% of asthma sufferers report that other people's smoke triggers an asthma attack and make their symptoms more severe
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Diabetes, Asthma & Smoking
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