Smoking, Blindness link?
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6.01 News: David McCullagh, Political Correspondent, reports that tobacco is to be expelled to designated exterior spots
According to a report in the British Medical Journal, scientists have found that smokers are more prone to develop a condition known as age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, which is the most common cause of adult blindness.
The condition results in severe and irreversible loss of central vision.
Researchers estimated that one in five AMD cases in the UK might be attributable to smoking.
