While many know smoking can increase the risk of liver disease, liver cancer, cardiovascular disease and stroke, the HPA cited a WHO document titled More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco and said that smoking causes many eye diseases which, if left untreated, can lead to permanent vision loss. The US Centers for Disease Control and the New York State Department of Health have published data linking smoking to an increased risk of developing serious eye conditions, including macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma and even blindness, the HPA said
However, the frequency at which health warnings are changed varies among countries, with Chile rotating its warnings most frequently (once per year on average), it said
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Photo of tobacco caused mouth disease in a smoker on this pack of the unfortunately named "Long Life" brand of Taiwan cigarettes