| Most people are not aware of this fact or choose | | | | of central vision. Smoking is also associated to |
| to ignore it but smoking can be very damaging to | | | | other diseases such as nuclear cataract and |
| your eyes. The chemicals from cigarettes can | | | | thyroid eye disease. |
| cause inflammation of the conjunctiva, causing | | | | The chemicals from cigarettes that you smoke |
| your eyes to be irritated, and turning red. | | | | travels to your entire body through your |
| Studies have indicated that a correlation between | | | | bloodstream. These chemicals can damage to the |
| smoking and a development of cataracts. | | | | macula which is the most sensitive part of your |
| Smoking is also found to be related to eye | | | | retina. There is a possibility of tiny blood vessels |
| diseases such as age-related macular | | | | which can burst through the macula causing |
| degeneration. | | | | permanent damage, or may also cause the cells |
| Although the causes are not understood fully, | | | | of macula to slowly die leading to the loss of |
| most researchers believe that smoking is a | | | | vision and eyesight. |
| preventable factor. Evidence have found that | | | | When this happens the damage is permanent |
| approximately a quarter of cases of the disease | | | | even laser treatment cannot cure this because |
| is also link to past or current smoking habits. | | | | the macula is very sensitive part of your retina. |
| Smoking can also cause the constriction of blood | | | | There is a new treatment called photodynamic |
| vessels which related to the rising inner eye | | | | therapy (PDT) which may reduce the damage of |
| pressure or intraocular pressure can lead to | | | | vision loss, but most of the people with macular |
| glaucoma causing optic nerve damage. | | | | degeneration will not be able to be treated. |
| Another study also showed a strong correlation | | | | By not smoking, you will reduce your chances and |
| between smoking and poor nutrition to optic | | | | risk of getting this disease. Bear in mind that the |
| nerve damage. The most common smoking | | | | eye is very sensitive and once it is damaged, the |
| related damage to the eye is age related macular | | | | damage is irreversible. |
| degeneration, which is the severe permanent loss | | | | |