CDC: Tips From Former Smokers – Marlene K.’s Vision Loss
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. Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/campaign/tips/videos/src/MARLENE_MACULAR_DEGENERATION_VIGNETTE_VCDC0263000H.mp4
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.
I'm proud of my friend Marlene for telling her story to encourage people to stop smoking.
#Didyouknow smoking can affect your vision? Watch former smoker Marlene tell her story.
Age related disease has no connection to smoking. These socialists will do anything to attack tobacco and smokers. Another group in history used propaganda to vilify a segment of the population, and they were also socialists. They were called the Nazis.
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.
I started crying when she did… I want to give this woman a hug so badly.
I threw it on the ground.
uUuGgH I'm crying 😢 who would dislike this????
It's not your fault ❤️
This is age-related stuff, who knows if smoking caused it?
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. 😭
At least she didnt get cancer.
I DON,T SMOKE
She seams like a nice lady
this is so sad, oh will I never smoke ever in my life.
Aww poor thing
Omg that puts me off smoking
I fill bad I was going to cry
never smoke is bad that’s why I dont smoke
I wish they would just make smoking illegal so nobody will deal with this.
Poor woman😢
I'M GLAD I NEVER SMOKED A DAY IN MY LIFE
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I can’t believe smoking can even ruin your sight … wow
I love her <3 🙁
Im so sorry for you get beter son
I'm…crying..
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
I started crying when she said "I wanna see the sun, I wanna see the water" 😢
This makes me sad I hope she's ok
I feel so bad shes so devastated
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
Smoking shouldn't been invented
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.
My Aunt had the same thing, it ran in her family and she never smoked in her life
God bless this woman. Truly heart wrenching.
In a way her progressive blindness is opening her eyes to the dangers of smoking, so ironic and sad.
I want to give her a big hug and that I care
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
420 likes? so perfekt
when I smoked my first cigarette, I did it to know what I would feel. I did like it at first from one hit but then I got sick after doing one whole. I didn't do anymore after that but I always think about it.
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.
Poor women 😢😢😭😭😭
I never thought smoking could cause you to go blind
Smoking sucks!!!
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My girlfriends name is Marlene 😂
Believe me, if she were to see the sun her eyesight would get worse
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.
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I WAS LEGALLY BLIND
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Smoking worst then being obese…ppl on 600 lb life dont go thru this stuff
Me too Jennifer Strong. I feel bad for her!
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
Never 💨 cigarettes 🚬 at all
i watched this only once, and it's been in my mind all day. I just feel so bad for her 🙁
WHO DISLIKED THIS ITS ON SIGHT
I do not smoke, and I will never start smoking!
Poor lady. I'm a smoker, too. And, I hope that will never happen to me. Good luck to you. ❤️
Hi were you able to stop smoking right away. And get your sight back?