Smoking intensity was linked with decreased optic nerve vessel density in patients with glaucoma, according to a study in Journal of Glaucoma.
Medi Eslani, MD, and colleagues wrote that there has been conflicting evidence on the relationship between smoking and glaucoma.
“It is not as well characterized as that between smoking and other ocular diseases, such as cataract and [age-related macular degeneration],” they wrote. “As the relationship between smoking and the risk of peripheral vascular disease has also been documented, it is possible that reduced optic disc blood flow