The objective was to summarize existing data on the prevalence of active tobacco smoking
among patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus in Africa. We searched PubMed …

Introduction Smoking cigarettes and diabetes are major public health problems in Sudan.
Smoking is associated with insulin resistance and can be associated with type 2 diabetes …

Cigarette smoking is a major arteriosclerotic risk factor, and this is enhanced by the
presence of diabetes mellitus. Although smoking rates are increasing in many African …

Background Tobacco smoking and diabetes mellitus contribute significantly to the overall
health burden and mortality of Australians. We aimed to assess the relationship of smoking …

Objectives Smoking is among the top leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
To date, studies on the association between smoking and diabetes complications and …

Background Despite the harmful effects of smoking, there have been few studies to pinpoint
the factors of this habit, and little is known about it in the East African region. For this reason …

Background A multi-layered association between tobacco use and type 2 diabetes mellitus
(T2DM) is well established. However, global epidemiological patterns of tobacco use among …

Background National smoking cessation strategies in Nigeria are hindered by lack of up-to-
date epidemiologic data. We aimed to estimate prevalence of tobacco smoking in Nigeria to …

Objective To systematically review current smoking prevalence among adults in sub-
Saharan Africa from 2007 to May 2014 and to describe the context of tobacco control …

While tobacco use remains the largest single cause of premature death in the industrialized
countries, low-and-middle income countries are also experiencing a rising burden of the …