Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease that causes blood _______ levels in the body to be too high.
Sugar
Toxins in the blood from smoking cause hardening of the arteries and thickening of the artery wall leading to ____________.
Heart Disease including heart attacks and strokes.
Your ________ date, is the day you will no long use commercial tobacco products.
quit date
Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco that causes _________, which is a disease involving compulsive use of a substance despite harmful consequence.
addiction
A person with diabetes who smokes is more likely to have trouble regulating insulin and controlling the disease than those with diabetes that do not _____.
Smoke
Smokers with diabetes are also more likely to have ________ failure than nonsmokers with diabetes. This is an organ that filters out waste from your body.
kidney
Within 24 hours of your last cigarette, your carbon monoxide level drops to normal decreasing your chance of a ___________.
heart attack
When a tobacco user does not get the usual amount of nicotine that their body is used to getting they go through a state of withdrawal that makes them feel _____ or uncomfortable.
sick
A condition in which your body fails to respond to the hormone insulin.
Insulin Resistance
Poor blood flow to your feet resulting from diabetes and smoking can lead to __________.
amputation
If you have a family history of diabetes or prediabetes and you quit smoking you will ___________ your risk of getting diabetes.
decrease
Nicotine _________ symptoms include depressed mood, stress, anxiety, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and sleep disturbances.
withdrawal
The more you _________ the more likely you are to get diabetes.
Smoke
Damaged _________from uncontrolled diabetes and smoking can cause numbness, pain, weakness, and poor coordination.
nerves
Once you quit smoking, your circulation improves and you will have a decreased risk of serious complications such as _________________.
dialysis, blindness, neuropathy, and heart disease
Young people who vape are how many times more likely to smoke traditional cigarettes?
Four times
Smokers are what % more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than nonsmokers?
30-40% more likely
Smoking causes poor bloodflow to your eyes which can cause ________.
blindness, age-related macular degeneration, cataracts.
If you are diabetic and you quit smoking you will gain better control of your blood _________.
sugars
_________ is the happy chemical (neurotransmitter) that is released in the brain after tobacco products are used giving the person a sense of pleasure.
Dopamine