Tobacco Smoking: A Preventable Risk Factor of Various Eye Diseases
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Abstract: It is well known that tobacco smoking is associated with many systemic diseases like cardiovascular, pulmonary diseases. But awareness about association of tobacco smoking with various eye diseases is very less, not only in general public but also in well educated society. This article is just to create awareness in a community that by quitting the habit of tobacco smoking, it might be possible to decrease not only the load of systemic diseases but also the eye diseases in a community. It is an attempt to make young doctors, primary eye care providers, optometrists and ophthalmologist aware of the fact that tobacco smoking is one of the preventable risk factor of various eye diseases so that they can educate the patients to quit this harmful habit of smoking which not only affects them but also the innocent bystanders. Keywords: Tobacco smoking, Health education, Eye diseases
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Hina Kauser, Maniah Qadir
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