MSDH: Smokers 30-40 percent more likely to develop diabetes

Smokers have a much higher likelihood of developing diabetes, one Mississippi expert reports. According to Amy Winter, Director of the Office of Tobacco Control at the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH), smokers are 30 to 40 percent more likely to develop type two diabetes than their non-smoker counterparts. Smoking...

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