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British Study Finds Smoking Increases Risk of Age Related Macular Degeneration

  Smoking Increases The Risk Of Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in Older Adults. Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly. Now, a study published in the may issue of the British Journal of Ophthalmology has found clinical evidence that smokers are twice as likely to develop Age […]

Smoking Age Related Mauclar Degeneration

 

Smoking Increases The Risk Of Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in Older Adults. Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly.

Now, a study published in the may issue of the British Journal of Ophthalmology has found clinical evidence that smokers are twice as likely to develop Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) as non-smokers.

Significant Increased Risk

Ex-smokers, particularly those who had stopped for more than 20 years, were not found to be at any significant increased risk.

cases of Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in adults in the UK may be attributable to ‘smoking’

The researchers estimate that some 28,000 cases of Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) in older adults in the UK may be attributable to ‘smoking’.

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