Smoking strongly linked to age-related blindness

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When Kern and Harbach wrote "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" nearly 80 years ago, they were playing bards, not doctors.

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just candid AOL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #1 May 21, 2011 Judged: 3 3 2 Damage begins at a much younger age. What do you think your red sore eyes are telling you after being in a smokey room?
just candid AOL	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #2 May 21, 2011 Judged: 3 3 3 Ask any ophthamolgist or regular MD and they will all tell you smoking is bad for your eyes.
retinadoc Since: Dec 11 5 Knoxville, TN	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Dec 28, 2011 Judged: 2 2 2 Smoking definitely exacerbates macular degeneration.
Hugh Jass Seattle, WA	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 Dec 28, 2011 Judged: 3 2 2 So, smokers are macularly degenerate too, eh?
Dr Phil New Market, MD	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #5 Dec 28, 2011 Judged: 4 4 4 Hugh Jass wrote: So, smokers are macularly degenerate too, eh? No, but anti-smoking causes the rapid development of preposterous posteriors upon those affected by that form of neurosis.
TheJazuma Since: Nov 11 2,751 .	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 Jan 30, 2012 Judged: 1 1 1 lucky I only passive smoke, wait, is that worse?
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