how do i get hubby to take his diabetes seriously?

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My husband was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about 9 years ago. He is on two different medicines to help control it Metformin and Glicazide. Most people who know him, do not believe he has diabetes because he just carries on like a regular person ie., no changes to his diet, smokes, eats sugary things etc. We have one of the blood monitor things in the house and I regularly test his blood and he laughs when it gets high. The normal reading for a person would be about 5 but his is averaging out at about 13-18. Last night his reading was 21.9. He just burst out laughing. Her keeps saying he will need to start watching what he is eating but never does anything more than for a day or two. He sits and eats chocolate bars even to the point of during the night when he is up and down for his many visits to the toilet (due to the diabetes) he comes back to bed with a mouthful of chocolate. He eats crisps and when he has a coffee or tea, if he takes his sweeteners, he uses 20 sweeteners. If he cannot get any sweeteners, he will take 4 or 5 sugars. I'm not diabetic and there is no way I could take as much sugar as that. I keep trying to explain to him about the damage that he is doing inside his body that he might not be aware of just now but it WILL be happening. That's when he says he will need to cut out all the chocolate. He also feels so tired and lethargic all the time - which is so obviously because he is not controlling the diabetes but he just wont do anything about it. Any advice - Please? I have even tried telling him that it is not fair on me and the kids because he is forcing us to watch him kill himself - but again, he just says, dont be silly.