Does smoking raise your glucose level?

Question

Do cigarettes give you glucose?

Answer 1

I have type 2 diabetes. I've had it for awhile but I've been smoking a lot longer. I'm not sure if it raises my sugars or actually lowers them.
I'll keep an eye on the answers you get!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Actually it does, but not in the way you might think. Cigarettes don't have glucose, BUT they do constrict your blood vessels. That means that less blood is flowing through your veins, and any glucose in your blood will become more concentrated; that means your blood glucose levels go "up" even though there isn't more glucose. Just like if you were dehydrated.

Answer 4

I just quit. No difference. BG has been fine for months prior to and weeks after stopping smoking. Probably due to diligence in taking care of myself. This is not to say you should smoke, though. Diabetics are more likely to suffer the bad effects of smoking than non-diabetics... that's why I quit. Here's all kinds of help for diabetics...

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Answer 5

As far as I know, smoking does not increase sugar levels.
That being said, even if it did, your blood sugar would be the least of my concerns in a smoker.

Answer 6

oh yes
and it can couse you canser as well.
even more so with diabetes and can make you sick and bring on more things you really don't want.
please stop now and never go back to it again.
it's your life thats in your hands

Answer 7

no it doesn`t