Asfar Taghrid, Lam Byron L, Lee David J
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States.
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Feb 13;56(2):1120-1. doi: 10.1167/iovs.15-16479.
Sight is an important indicator of health and quality of life. Approximately, 3.4 million Americans 40 years of age and older are visually impaired or blind. Evidence suggests that smoking increases the risk of the most common sight-threatening conditions of eye disease. Half a century after the release of the 1964 landmark Surgeon General's report on smoking and health, tobacco smoking continues to be the leading public health problem in the United States, and nearly half a million adults annually die prematurely from smoking-related diseases. On the historic occasion of the 50(th) anniversary of the 1964 report, the 2014 Surgeon General's report is devoted to smoking and health. This report provides new evidence about the link between cigarette smoking and eye disease, which signifies a new role for eye-care professionals in tobacco control on two levels. First, on a clinical level, eye care professionals should integrate smoking cessation treatment in the standard care of patients' management in eye-care settings in order to motivate and help smoking patients in quitting smoking. Second, on a political level, eye care providers can serve as powerful public advocates against tobacco use, thereby significantly enhancing public awareness about the link between smoking and eye disease.
视力是健康和生活质量的一项重要指标。大约340万40岁及以上的美国人存在视力障碍或失明问题。有证据表明，吸烟会增加患最常见的威胁视力的眼部疾病的风险。在1964年美国卫生局局长发布具有里程碑意义的关于吸烟与健康的报告半个世纪后，吸烟仍然是美国首要的公共卫生问题，每年有近50万成年人因吸烟相关疾病而过早死亡。在1964年报告发布50周年这个具有历史意义的时刻，2014年美国卫生局局长的报告聚焦于吸烟与健康。这份报告提供了有关吸烟与眼部疾病之间联系的新证据，这在两个层面上表明了眼保健专业人员在烟草控制方面的新作用。首先，在临床层面，眼保健专业人员应将戒烟治疗纳入眼科护理环境中患者管理的标准护理中，以激励并帮助吸烟患者戒烟。其次，在政治层面，眼保健提供者可以成为反对吸烟的有力公众倡导者，从而显著提高公众对吸烟与眼部疾病之间联系的认识。
