Diabetes risk increases with passive smoking

Diabetes risk increases with passive smoking


　It is informed that passive smoking is harmful in the lung, but being also the possibility of making diabetes risk increase by up-to-date research, was shown. This research being something by Thomas Houston doctors of the Birmingham Veterans Administration medical center research worker with American Alabama university medical department assistant professor, was published to the April 8th number of the English doctor periodical “British Medical Journal”.

　American man and woman 4,500 targeting followup study of 15 years the result of doing, as for the smoker emergence risk of the resistance sugar talent decrease which is omen of diabetes to be highest was 22%, but this person there is no smoking experience, but passively even with the person who has smoked it could recognize resistance sugar talent decrease in 17%, had smoked but it was more than as many as 14% of the people who stop. Completely, with the person who does not smoke 12%, in addition, it could recognize the influence which than the black is stronger in the white.

　As for disclosure to passive smoking, self-return with method of 2 sorts of density in the blood of nicotine metabolite [kochinin] you appraised. Whenever with the smoker, you can see direct connection in emergence ratio of the frequency and resistance sugar talent decrease of smoking, smoking exponent (numbers of several of smoking of 1 days ## smoking years) increases 200, emergence risk of resistance sugar talent decrease increased 18%. This research is observation research, the strict contrast group is not set, but concerning the factor which is related to resistance sugar talent decrease such as age and weight you say that it considered as much as possible.

　Is included in more passive smoking than the smoke which the smoker inhales directly, the toxic material which is thought because under temperature and the chemical condition for differing it is formed, density of the harmful matter which gives obstacle to the pancreas which produces the insulin being high. If counter smoking group ASH (Action ON Smoking and Health) John Banzhaf, assume that the tabacco smoke is dangerous factor of diabetes, when you take into consideration also the tendency of obesity increase, it points out that it is quite serious thing.

　The american diabetes association (ADA) Robert Rizza doctor of the chairman has expressed that the reason which should avoid passive smoking with this research increased and one. Especially in case of the young person, because there is also a possibility the time when the danger by the toxic material with process of growth especially is large existing, in order not to be able to point to passive smoking to the child, you say that the person who pays attention is wise.