Never Too Late To Quit

A recent study has suggested that it is never too late to quit smoking.

Those who suffer from age-related macular degeneration can slow or stop the process by quitting smoking, even if they are 80 years old.

Macular degeneration(AMD) leads to blindness.

The study included 1958 women with an average age of 78 years. The study showed that the women who were smokers and under the age of 80, had an increased risk of developing AMD by 11 percent than those who did not smoke. Those over 80 were 5.5 times more likely to develop AMD. The amount of alcohol consumed also increased the chances the elderly women would develop AMD.

The study will be published in the American Journal of Opthamology and was led by Anne L. Coleman of UCLA. AMD is the leading cause of blindness in Americans over the age of 65 with smoking as the number two cause of AMD, age is the first.

Smoking Increases Risk Of Blindness In Old Age