我们早知道吸烟对心肺有害 ,最近《眼科学杂志》发表的一项新的研究结果提出 :吸烟亦危害眼睛。实验观察了 4 50 0位年龄在 6 0～ 80岁之间的老人 ,发现吸烟和高血压与致盲眼病黄斑变性有关。黄斑变性多发生于老年人 ,分为干性与湿性黄斑变性 2种。 90 %以上的患者为干性黄斑变 We knew that smoking was harmful to the heart and lungs. Recently, a new study published by The Journal of Ophthalmology suggested that smoking also harms the eyes. The experiment observed 4 50 0 elderly people aged 60 to 80 years old and found that smoking and hypertension are related to macular degeneration caused by blindness eye disease. Macular degeneration occurred in the elderly, divided into two kinds of dry and wet macular degeneration. More than 90% of patients with dry macular degeneration