Smoking and Eye Health

Did you know that smoking is not only bad for your lungs, but also for your eyes and vision? There are many factors which can affect your eye health, and smoking is one of them. People usually think that smoking only affects their lungs, but they don‘t realize that it can also affect their vision, specifically, poor night vision and aggravation of diabetes which in turn to could lead to blindness.

Pregnant mothers who smoke put their child at risk for a potentially blinding disease called Retinopathy of Prematurity.

Avoiding smoking, or quitting, is one of the best investments you can make in your long-term eye health.

To read the original article by The Eye M.D. Association click here.

Our eyes play a very important role in human life. So, consider quitting smoking before you suffer from a serious eye problem or disease.

Smoking – even in your teens or twenties when your senior years seem far away – increases your future risks for cataract and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). And the more a person smokes, the higher the risks. The good news is that after people quit smoking, their risks for these eye diseases become almost as low as for people who never smoked.

Smoking increases the risk of serious vision loss in people with other eye diseases.

Vision screening is important for all adults and children as it can detect eye problems early on. Early detection can help fix these issues before they become serious.

Your vision is priceless and a thirty minute appointment once a year is something you should be able to commit to. Drop in at 20/20 Eyeglass Superstore in Florida for your eye screening. Regular vision testing will help you stay on top of your eye health as well as your general health.