The Institut conducts an awareness campaign to highlight the dangers of tobacco for health and eyesight

To mark World No Tobacco Day on Sunday 31 May, the Institut de la Màcula has conducted an awareness campaign to highlight the dangers of smoking for our health and, above all, for our eyesight.

The Institut worked with a number of bodies to raise understanding of the dangers of tobacco. The Teknon Medical Centre and Ecoceutics Pharmacies posted this message on their social networks and displayed the videos and visual materials in their facilities. The Official College of Opticians and Optometrists of Catalonia (COOOC) also publicised the campaign among their members.

Over 100 Ecoceutics Pharmacies joined the awareness campaign with announcements on the TV screens in their premises.

The President of the COOOC believes that “campaigns like these are vital to educate about the dangers of tobacco and to make the public aware of aspects of which they previously had no knowledge”.

It is clear to all of us that smoking is a killer and causes many diseases. What we are not as aware of is that tobacco can also leave us in the dark.

The campaign at Centro Médico Teknon

The campaign at Centro Médico Teknon

The campaign at an Ecoceutics Pharmacy