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Smoking can cause many eye problems and are three times more likely to develop cataracts. This is a clouding of the eye lens which may lead to blindness. Smoking has also been linked to a disease that causes the muscle behind the eyeball to swell making the eyes protrude as we as increase the wrinkles around the eye area and causes yellowing of the white of the eyes. Not a pretty sight!
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∙ 10y agoAccording to the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, cigarette smokers are at a significantly increased risk to develop thyroid eye disease, and when they do, often have more severe and prolonged activity that threatens vision. They say that the eyes are particularly vulnerable to Graves' eye disease because the autoimmune attack often targets the eye muscles and connective tissue within the eye socket. This occurs because these tissues contain proteins that appear similar to the immune system as those of the thyroid gland.
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