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Smoking can cause ocular surface damage resulting in dry eye

Smoking can be hazardous to the ocular surface, causing damage to thelipid layer of the tear film and resulting in dry eye symptoms, reportedYonca A. Akova, MD, during the American Society of Cataract and RefractiveSurgery (ASCRS) annual meeting.

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