| Are you aware of the fact that smoking affects | | | | past twenty years experienced same risk, as |
| your own eye? A disease called Age-related | | | | those of smokers never smoked before. Smoking |
| Macular Degeneration affects 1.65 million of | | | | helps in impairing the outcome of antioxidants, |
| Americans above 50 years and there is no cure. | | | | which damages retina. Apart from AMD, smoking |
| There are many medications which have been | | | | increases the cases of affecting diabetic |
| experimented to diagnose the disease. The | | | | retinopathy, glaucoma and cataracts. |
| diseases which can be diagnosed can treat | | | | The phrase 'Smoking is injurious to health' is well |
| symptoms. | | | | known by everybody. But there are people who |
| The recent studies done by the researchers have | | | | are not aware of other problems apart from |
| proved that, the risk of AMD can be reduced by | | | | cancer, which is vision loss, which can cause |
| quitting smoking. Even the studies have shown | | | | blindness by smoking practices. There are special |
| that the non-smokers living with smokers have | | | | organizations, which care for eye health to |
| double chances of development of AMD. | | | | provide safety to the people. |
| The former smokers, who had left smoking for | | | | |