New research shows smoking changes how key eye cells control genes, helping explain why smokers face a much higher risk of ...

Current smokers faced up to 12-fold higher risk for age-related macular degeneration, a threefold higher risk for primary open-angle glaucoma, and a fourfold higher risk for cataracts. The risk for ...

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 ...

Smoking is widely known to harm the lungs and heart, but scientists are now learning much more about how it can also damage the eyes. One of the most serious eye diseases linked to smoking is ...