School of Health Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Patras, Psaron 6, GR 25100, Aιgio, Greece.
Department of Pharmacy, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of Patras, University Campus, GR26504, Patras, Greece.
Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2020 Jun;43(3):277-284. doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2020.02.009. Epub 2020 Feb 25.
Addiction to cigarette smoking has high prevalence rates recorded worldwide. Smoking has been linked to several life-threatening systemic conditions such as cancer, heart attack and stroke, in addition to a range of ocular pathologies. In recent years, electronic cigarettes (EC) have emerged as alternatives to smoking. ECs are nicotine delivery devices which produce an aerosol by heating, rather than combusting, a liquid which contains nicotine, flavours and preservatives. This review focuses on the association of traditional and new forms of smoking with dry eye disease, contact lens wear and four other common ocular diseases: cataract, age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and Graves' ophthalmopathy. It is concluded that smoking and vaping appear as a risk factor for the aforementioned ocular conditions. An evidence-based, clear link between cigarette smoking, or EC vaping and ocular problems is yet to be discovered.
全球范围内有大量记录显示，吸烟成瘾的现象十分普遍。吸烟与多种危及生命的系统性疾病有关，如癌症、心脏病和中风，此外还与多种眼部疾病有关。近年来，电子烟已成为吸烟的替代品。电子烟是一种尼古丁输送装置，通过加热而不是燃烧含有尼古丁、香料和防腐剂的液体来产生气溶胶。这篇综述重点关注传统和新型吸烟方式与干眼症、隐形眼镜佩戴以及其他四种常见眼部疾病（白内障、年龄相关性黄斑变性、青光眼和格雷夫斯眼病）之间的关联。结论是，吸烟和蒸气吸入似乎是上述眼部疾病的一个危险因素。吸烟或电子烟与眼部问题之间的确切关联，还需要基于证据的研究来发现。
