The guideline specifically states: Eye doctors should ask about and document their patients smoking status and inform them about the benefits to their eyes, vision and overall health, through smoking cessation counseling and educating patients about the potential impact of smoking may help maintain ocular and systemic health, and visual function. Doctors seeking additional information for helping facilitate patient conversations on smoking cessation can make use of these resources: Contact Lenses, Smoking and Vaping patient pamphlet available on AOA Marketplace
"There is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke," said study author Maki Inoue-Choi, who's with the division of cancer epidemiology and genetics at the US National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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The NIH had no role in writing the manuscript or the decision to submit the paper for publication
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