Here is another reason to quit smoking if you smoke – and another good reason why you should not start!

THURSDAY, June 11, 2009  (HealthDay News) — The nicotine in cigarette smoke may promote insulin resistance and lead to a condition known as pre-diabetes, new research shows.

The finding, to be outlined Thursday at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C., could explain why smokers are at higher risk for diabetes. The same team of researchers was able to partially reverse nicotine’s effect on insulin in mice by giving the rodents the nicotine-blunting drug mecamylamine.

Read the full article, Nicotine May Help Spure Prediabetes: Toxin ups cortisol levels, encourages insulin resistance, study finds