If there weren't already compelling enough reasons for you to quit smoking, think about the risk to your vision. While it's well-known that smoking can cause cancer, heart disease and stroke, up until recently there has been little awareness about the fact that smoking can also cause serious and permanent vision loss.
Cigarette packaging in other countries - like Australia, for example - has carried the message "smoking causes blindness" for some time.
Now, Canada will finally follow suit. New Health Canada regulations for tobacco products labelling mean that, as of June 19, retailers can only legally sell cigarettes that display new health warnings, including the fact that smoking increases your risk of blindness.
Jun 13, 2012
Smoking Rates in Canada, Secodhand Smoking
If there weren't already compelling enough reasons for you to quit smoking, think about the risk to your vision. While it's well-known that smoking can cause cancer, heart disease and stroke, up until recently there has been little awareness about the fact that smoking can also cause serious and permanent vision loss.
Cigarette packaging in other countries - like Australia, for example - has carried the message "smoking causes blindness" for some time.
Now, Canada will finally follow suit. New Health Canada regulations for tobacco products labelling mean that, as of June 19, retailers can only legally sell cigarettes that display new health warnings, including the fact that smoking increases your risk of blindness.
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