Smoking causes blindness

As if there weren’t enough reasons to quit smoking, studies have shown that smoking causes blindness.

Now a british eye disease association reports on a poll that says that about 70% of smokers would quit or cut back (41% quit, 28% cut back) if they knew it would blind them.

“Yet, the survey shows that fear of blindness is a powerful incentive to stop smoking or smoke less. Out of the respondents who had stated that they were current smokers 69 per cent would either stop smoking permanently (41 per cent) or smoke less (28 per cent). In the group of people aged 25-39 as many as 81 per cent would take this action with 46 per cent stating that they would stop smoking permanently and 35 per cent saying they would smoke less. These figures, as well as experiences in Australia and New Zealand, lend considerable support to the assertion that a focus on the link between smoking and blindness would considerably increase the effectiveness of anti-smoking campaigns.”

Time to get the word out.

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