Passive smoking 'blindness risk'

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Passive smoking 'blindness risk'

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Passive smoking increases the risk of one of the most common causes of blindness, a study has found.

A Cambridge University team looked at the impact of smoking on age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the British Journal of Ophthalmology reported.
Living with a smoker for five years doubled the risk of the disease and regular smoking tripled it, they found.

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