Altria Group, Inc. (renamed from Philip Morris Companies Inc. on January 27, 2003) is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes and related products. It operates worldwide and is headquartered in Henrico County, Virginia.
Hereditary Aspects of Type 2 Diabetes. Type 2 diabetes tends to be fairly hereditary in contrast to type 1 diabetes. Approximately 38% of siblings and one-third of children of people with type 2 diabetes will develop diabetes or abnormal glucose metabolism at some point.
1 Type 1 diabetes can occur in an older individual due to destruction of the pancreas by alcohol, disease, or removal by surgery. 2  It also results from progressive failure of the pancreatic beta cells, the only cell type that produces significant amounts of insulin. Type 1 diabetes involves about 10% of all people with diabetes in the United States. 2  Type 1 diabetes is typically diagnosed during childhood or adolescence. 3  It used to be referred to as juvenile-onset diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.