Smoking cigarettes may lead to vision damage, study reveals

[Judi Lynn]

Updated 2 hrs 20 mins ago

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (WPVI) -- A new study finds smoking cigarettes can lead to vision damage.

Researchers at Rutgers University studied heavy smokers, who smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day.

Over time, they had significant changes in their red-green and blue-yellow color vision.

They also had greater difficulty discriminating contrasts and colors than non-smokers.

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https://6abc.com/health/smoking-cigarettes-may-lead-to-vision-damage-study-reveals-/5156932/

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Smoking is also implicated in

macular degeneration.

There are no positive aspects to smoking. None. Anyone who smokes is an idiot. Anyone who took up smoking after the Surgeon General's report is an idiot. Plus, you reek. Yes, you do. We can always tell when you've slipped outside for a quick smoke because when you come back inside you reek.