CDC: Tips From Former Smokers - Marlene K.’s Vision Loss
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- čas přidán 25. 03. 2015
- Marlene smoked and started losing her vision at age 56. In this emotional video from CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers campaign, she talks about having macular degeneration and her fear of going blind.
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I'M GLAD I NEVER SMOKED A DAY IN MY LIFE
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I started crying when she did... I want to give this woman a hug so badly.
I know, I get emotional when people get emotional too ;( WE MUST DESTROY CIGARRETES BEFORE THEY DESTROY ALL OF US!!!
Yeah me 2 my friend
Good thing we have vapes
I agree
It's not her fault her mother smoked
She seams like a nice lady
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Seems* not seams
I started crying when she said "I wanna see the sun, I wanna see the water" 😢
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I'm sorry to hear what Marlene has had to endure with losing her sight due to smoking. So many people have been harmed in so many ways from smoking.
Tomorrow will be 7 years since my Dad passed away from end stage lung cancer. He smoked for 58 years...passed away at age 70. Hearing that my Dad died from smoking made an old friend of mine quit smoking right then and there. I'm a non smoker. I rely on his happiness, calm attitude, his awesome accomplishments, and that he is safe and painfree
I can’t believe smoking can even ruin your sight ... wow
This scared me in many ways because i have a medium to high risk of going blind and I'm almost 18, and when she started talking about how she wanted to see the sun and the water again, it got to me especially since I'm a swimmer and I realized that when I'm older, I might not get to see those things anymore as well at some point. I feel so bad for her. God bless her.
I wish they would just make smoking illegal so nobody will deal with this.
I don't smoke cigarettes, but that's not the way to go. Making it illegal will drive people crazy, there would be a general crisis. Addiction may be seen as a sickness.
people are still going to do it anyway regardless, marijuana is illegal and people still smoke it anyway right?
I'm proud of my friend Marlene for telling her story to encourage people to stop smoking.
i watched this only once, and it's been in my mind all day. I just feel so bad for her :(
I do not smoke, and I will never start smoking!
this is so sad, oh will I never smoke ever in my life.
God bless this woman. Truly heart wrenching.
It doesn’t matter whether you’ve got a big or small body or have a better tolerance than others, smoking will ravage your body in all sorts of ways.
I wish i was there to give her a hug! My cousin is blind becouse of a genetic disorder. I wish there was a law that restricted smoking.
This makes me sad I hope she's ok
I never thought smoking could cause you to go blind
I want to give her a big hug and that I care
#Didyouknow smoking can affect your vision? Watch former smoker Marlene tell her story.
How is Marlene doing today is she more happier
Thank you for inquiring about Tips From Former Smokers® participant Marlene. For privacy reasons, the CDC does not share personal information regarding Marlene beyond what is available at CDC.gov/tips. Please
visit bit.ly/2I9Z1YH to learn more about her. We are grateful to Marlene and all of our Tips® participants for having the courage to share their stories in an effort to educate others about the health consequences of smoking. If you or someone you know would like to quit, they can visit CDC.gov/quit or call 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
This is so sad. 😭 I learned something new today. Please be strong Marlene! 😱 On the bright side at least she did not lose her voice box and got a hole in her throat. If I were a smoker I'd rather have eye injection than having to lose my voice box. 😞 But as a non smoker I would want neither! I feel sorry for people like Marlene. No one deserves this. 😭
It's not your fault ❤️
Smoking shouldn't been invented
I feel so bad shes so devastated
uUuGgH I'm crying 😢 who would dislike this????
An emotionless person
Poor lady. I'm a smoker, too. And, I hope that will never happen to me. Good luck to you. ❤️
Oh do you wish you could her Skyries I hope you don't get like her,Do you want to hug her?❤️❤️❤️👨❤️💋👨To be boyfriend and girlfriend to her or girlfriend to girlfriend to her?
I love her
My Grand Ma died from unhealthy diet. Probably the biscuits and sugar that did her in. She was smart enough to avoid drink and smoke. Eat healthy and exercise people.
Hi were you able to stop smoking right away. And get your sight back?
I'm...crying..
Poor woman😢
Im so sorry for you get beter son
Never 💨 cigarettes 🚬 at all
Me too Jennifer Strong. I feel bad for her!
Poor women 😢😢😭😭😭
I threw it on the ground.
sean What on the ground?
I saw it on the ground.
WHO DISLIKED THIS ITS ON SIGHT
😔😢
I fill bad I was going to cry
Smoking sucks!!!
😭
I DON,T SMOKE
I didn't realize you could go blind from smoking, losing your limbs from gangrene yes but ontop of that your eyesight........truly horrifying poor lady
Omg that puts me off smoking
Macular degeneration isn’t always caused by smoking , my whole family has macular degeneration and they are not smokers , it’s just something that has run in our family
Aww poor thing
My Aunt had the same thing, it ran in her family and she never smoked in her life
In a way her progressive blindness is opening her eyes to the dangers of smoking, so ironic and sad.
It doesn’t really matter if she can open her eyes if she can’t see in the first place.
420 likes? so perfekt
never smoke is bad that’s why I dont smoke
Smoking worst then being obese...ppl on 600 lb life dont go thru this stuff
Believe me, if she were to see the sun her eyesight would get worse
This is age-related stuff, who knows if smoking caused it?
because my mother was 20 when she lost her vision in her right eye, she had been smoking since she was 9, it was cigarettes
Not necessarily... It's equally valid to assume her genes were such that she was predisposed to get this condition.
Can't handle a drama seat I'm taking to the doctor Phil show that's part of the factors to diabetes family history yaj in genetics or she could be a great actress put on a show of smoke and mirrors
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I WAS LEGALLY BLIND
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