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Bluenorthwest

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6. Cancer and liver disease are the only things you think come from drugs and smoking?
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 10:02 AM
Apr 2013

Waylon died from complications around diabetes not directly from the disease, his body was destroyed by years of abuse. I doubt seriously the man ever drank a soda. So if your habits are like Waylon's do not think that ordering no soda will save your life. Cause it won't.
Of course, I don't drink that shit, but I also don't smoke 6 packs a day nor do ounces of coke each week for decades. And if I did, the soda would be the least of my worries.
Just for your information, Jennings died from complications around diabetes.
Links Between Smoking and Diabetes Complications

Smoking results in increased albuminuria (blood protein in the urine), which leads to nephropathy (kidney damage) and a greater risk of end-stage renal disease that requires dialysis, and is also associated with decreased survival in comparison with dialysis patients who do not smoke.

People with diabetes who smoke are more likely than those who don't smoke to develop retinopathy (damage to the eyes) and neuropathy (damage to the nerves). Neuropathy can lead to an increased risk of injury, particularly to the feet. When a foot injury occurs, its healing can be complicated by the diminished blood flow and oxygenation to the extremities that results from both diabetes and smoking. This can then result in wounds that do not heal, which can lead to infection. In the most severe cases, infections can result in functional loss of the extremity or even amputation.
http://diabetes.about.com/lw/Health-Medicine/Conditions-and-diseases/Smoking-Cessation-and-Diabetes.htm
You can look up the speed and coke yourself

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