Background:-Alcohol and Tobacco are the most abused drugs of all ages in both developed and developing countries. These two alter the Intraocular Pressure [IOP] and hence vulnerable to cause ocular diseases.
Aims:-To know the effect of smoking and alcohol on Intraocular Pressure and to find out the IOP and compare it among controls, smokers and alcoholics.
Methods: - Apparently healthy 150 males aged between 40-60 years were participants of our study. Out of them 50 non smokers , non alcoholics were control group, 50 smokers , non alcoholics were smokers group and remaining 50 alcoholics but non –smokers were alcoholic group.IOP was measured by Schiotz tonometer after application of local anesthetic and 3 readings of both eyes were taken and student’s “t” test was used.
Interpretation: - We observed a significant effect of cigarette smoking on intraocular pressure of both eyes [p<0.001] in comparison to control group. In our study we found that IOP is decreased in alcoholic group in comparison to control group [p<0.001].
Conclusion: - We observed that tobacco in the form of cigarette smoking increases the intraocular pressure and alcohol consumption decreases the intraocular pressure.
