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Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi1, Chimwemwe Ngoma2, Davide Campagna3
1College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, 40 Bute Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RT, Scotland, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Former smokers show higher diabetes prevalence, possibly due to lasting effects or quitting after diagnosis. E-cigarette use, current or former, showed no association with diabetes in Scottish adults.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Metabolic Diseases
Background:
- Cigarette smoking is a known diabetes risk factor.
- The link between e-cigarette use and diabetes is unclear, with limited European data.
- This study investigates smoking, e-cigarette use, and diabetes in Scotland.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the association between smoking, e-cigarette use, and diabetes prevalence in Scottish adults.
- To differentiate risks associated with exclusive smoking, exclusive vaping, dual use, and cessation.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study of 17,854 Scottish adults (2017-2021).
- Classified participants into six smoking/e-cigarette use categories.
- Used logistic regression, adjusting for confounders.
Main Results:
- Ex-smokers had higher diabetes prevalence (11.3%) and odds (OR=1.35).
- Current exclusive smokers, exclusive e-cigarette users, dual users, and former e-cigarette users did not show significant differences from never users.
- Sensitivity analyses confirmed these findings.
Conclusions:
- Excess diabetes prevalence in ex-smokers may indicate reverse causation or lasting smoking effects.
- Neither current nor former e-cigarette use was linked to diabetes.
- Longitudinal research is needed to assess long-term vaping risks.
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