A new study has found that puffing on e-cigarettes may put you at increased risk for prediabetes. And people who smoke traditional cigarettes as well as the electronic kind may be adding to that risk by engaging in dual use.

Prediabetes is a condition where the level of sugar in your blood is higher than average, and it tends to occur before people develop type 2 diabetes . While prediabetes is reversible, it does mean that some heart, kidney, and nerve damage could already be underway.

It's well-established that smokers are at higher risk for diabetes , but the effects of e-cigarettes (aka nicotine vapes) on blood sugar remain hazy.

In the hope of gaining some clarity, health economist Sulakshan Neupane from the University of Georgia led a team that analyzed more than 1.2 million

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