Air pollution is the leading cause of death globally, with the effects of smoking reducing global life expectancy by 2.2 years, while air pollution is worse than a host of other vices and public-health issues, with the impact on global life expectancy being more than 3 times that of alcohol use and unsafe water, 5 times that of transport injuries and 7 times that of HIV/AIDS.

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