Women and Smoking: A Report from the Surgeon General - 2001

 
 
 

Studies found the risk for cataracts related to smoking to be present for both men and women. Former smokers have a lower risk for developing cataracts than current smokers do.

Women smokers are 5.4 times as likely as women who have never smoked to have macular degeneration.

Source: Women and Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General—2001