The importance of stopping smoking for people with Diabetes.

So not smoking has a number of effects, primarily it's about improving circulation to your feet. is also a risk factor for neuropathy. And obviously, as I've said, if you have diabetic foot disease, there's a high likelihood that you've got damage to the nerve supply to the the heart, sorry, the nerve supply to the heart. And if you have peripheral artery disease, meaning the circulation to the foot, if you have that, then you're very likely to have damage to the circulation to the heart and to the brain. So smoking is a very important risk factor. And to be frank, if you're smoking, and you're having statins, you might as well not have the statins because you're doing greater damaged yourself by smoking. So, you know, it's, it's, that is one of the easiest things to impact upon, although it's difficult to do, I am not, I've never smoked, so I'm sure I can't comment on the experience of trying to give up smoking, and that it not being easy, but there are lots of things we can to help people give up smoking but it does rely upon the person wanting to engage so you have to decide whether you want to give up smoking and in that decision you have to weigh up the benefits and risks of your smoking to you and I would suggest that if you have foot disease because of all these other things you're likely to have it's in your best interest to stop smoking.