Weight Loss: Tobacco addiction increases the chances of experiencing unintended weight loss as nicotine suppresses appetite, according to the study Consequences of smoking for body weight, body fat distribution, and insulin resistance. Weight loss is not healthy and is a result of the bodys stress responses to nicotine
Patients with diabetes who smoke should be routinely reminded that cigarette smoking increases their risk of developing disease complications, adversely affects their blood glucose control and increases their insulin-resistance
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Considering these factors, more evidence is needed to understand how e-cigarette use can aid smoking cessation
Shafipour received a BS in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, an MS in Physiology and Biophysics from Georgetown University, and an MD from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine