Smoking regularly for prolonged period increases the long term risks for eyes and has greater progression of severe eye-diseases with macular degeneration that is related with age.
A research study recently examined the effects of smoking on eyes and age related macular degeneration (AMD). The study reveals that such effects are more likely to cause a loss of vision among the elders also. Smoking has been categorized as a modifiable risk factor for such problems.
Dr. Ronald Klein and his colleague researchers at the ‘University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison’ conducted this study that involved 4,926 residents of the Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. All these resident participants were within an age group of 43 to 84 years in the specific time span of one year, 1987 to 1988.
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