article_snippet: Marlene, 68, started smoking when Marlene was 15 years old and now has to have treatments involving shots to Marlene eyeballs .
article_snippet: Marlene, 68, of New York began smoking in high school when Marlene was 15, and started losing Marlene vision due to macular degeneration when Marlene was 56 years old. '
article_snippet: Apart from quitting smoking, Marlene best chance to slow down Marlene vision loss is a drug that has to be injected through a needle into Marlene eyes.
highlights_snippet: Marlene, 68, shares Marlene story of smoking in high school and is shown during Marlene treatment for a blinding eye disease that requires shots to Marlene eyeballs .
  