Smoking widespread among youth with diabetes, raising heart disease risk
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
A study found cigarette smoking is widespread among children and young adults with diabetes yet few health care providers are counseling children and young adults with diabetes to not smoke or stop smoking. Children and young adults with diabetes are already at high risk for heart disease before they take up smoking but few studies have examined the association between cigarette smoking and heart disease risk factors in youth with diabetes.