Abstract

Introduction: Smoking is an important Vascular risk for diabetic patients as for other population. In diabetics it increases significantly the risk of vascular complications termed recently (Vasculopathy). This study’s purpose is to analyze the pattern of smoking as an amplifier for other risks in diabetics who already are very risky group of patients.

Materials and Methods: This work is a cross-sectional, descriptive study and carried out in the outpatient department of Azadi General hospital in 10 years duration between January 2009-january 2019.. The study population included 100 diabetic patients and studied their demographic data according to interview questionnaire about their smoking habit and it s adverse effects.

Results: From patients enrolled in the study, overall 32% of responders were smokers, 13% ex smokers. Cigarette smoking was the most frequent mode of tobacco smoking 93% and one third of them consumed more than 20 cigarettes per day. Water pipe (shisha) smoking was most common habit 8.6% and associated with lower age in both groups.

Discussion: Smoking got very remarkable magnitude to risk s of diabetes. Being classified recently as Vasculopathy all the very known disorders encountered are either appear early , be more severe, or very complicated and resist therapy until absolute quitting of smoking is targeted.

Keywords: Smoking; Habit; Diabetic; Kirkuk

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Citation

Citation: Osama Hassan Othman. “Smoking in Diabetic Patients in Kirkuk City/Iraq". Acta Scientific Cardiovascular System 1.6 (2022): 32-34.

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Copyright: © 2022 Osama Hassan Othman. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.