SMOKING AND BLINDNESS

Early day motion 684, tabled 10 October 2005 by Bob Spink (Conservative). Signed by 76 members.

That this House welcomes the research which shows definitively that smoking at least doubles the risk of loss of sight and will result in thousands of smokers going blind; notes calls by the Royal National Institute for the Blind for an awareness campaign on this issue; and urges the Government to undertake a publicity drive to inform smokers of this additional serious health problem associated with smoking.

Signatures by party: Conservative 31, Liberal Democrat 20, Labour 17, DUP 5, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UUP 1.