Morgantown -- People most often associate cigarette smoking with an increased risk of getting cancer or heart disease. According to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, type-two diabetes also makes the list. Geri Dino WVU School of Medicine says, “What’s also interesting is that if, not only do you have a greater risk of getting diabetes, but if you have diabetes and you smoke, it increases the complications you’ll get from diabetes.”

You don’t have to smoke to be at risk for health problems. Second hand smoke is also hazardous to your health. According to Geri Dino with WVU School of Medicine, “Even if a woman does not smoke, but she lives in a household with smokers, that increases her chance of breast cancer.”

There’s good news for people who kick the smoking habit. WVU School of Medicine's Geri Dino states, “As soon as you quit smoking your body begins to heal. Some organs and some systems may take longer, but sometimes people say, ‘oh, I’ve been smoking for so many years, why should I, I’m 55-60 years old, why should I quit now?’ absolutely you should quit.”

Here are more reasons to quit: smoking increases your chances of stroke and fertility problems, not to mention cathcing colds and even getting infections.