Can tobacoo weaken a persons eyesight?

Answer 1

I think cigarettes can cause macular degeneration, which is basically going blind slowly but surely. My grandmother had that, and her doctors said that smoking may have been a factor in it. She smoked about a pack or two a day for 50 years.

Answer 2

My optometrist tells me it does affect the eyes. He said that my eyes weren't getting as much oxygen due to using tobacco, and that it was just beginning to affect my vision in one of my eyes. I quit chewing 9 days ago, and I plan to stay off it forever.

Answer 3

If you wear contact lenses you don't have to worry about it. My right contact fell out one night while I was out. I didn't have a spare with me to put back in. As soon as I lit up a cigarette and started puffin, the smoke blew into my eye. It teared up and stung really bad. I just put in some contact lens re-wetting drops and blinked for a minute and it went away. But, contacts keep the smoke from getting to the part of the eye that hurts when smoke hits it.

Answer 4

Yes. Tobacco can cause weaker eyesight, yellow teeth, nails, ext. Dont smoke!

Answer 5

I've been told that my eyes are turning yellow. however, this could be caused by the smoke I blow out going into my eyes. Just quit.

Answer 6

Not yet. But it's on Tobacco Control's list, along with ingrowing toenails, hair lice, global warming, global cooling and the re-emergence of Nazism in parts of Austria and Germany.