Its as if every man, woman, and child smoked 1.5 cigarettes each hour, Presuming as I have above that it was on one of the worst PM 2.5 days (let's say 300 micrograms/m3), could we also then extrapolate that living in New York City, which according to this data has an average outdoor concentration of PM 2.5 reading of 7.5 (approximately 40 times less than Beijing), is like smoking 0.9 cigarettes daily (36 / 40 = 0.9), and reduces its residents' life expectancy by 0.5 (20 / 40) minutes
For example, bronchiectasis, a condition that causes your bronchial tubes (air passages) to thicken and widen, can lead to repeated respiratory infections and excess mucus with a strong fetid odor
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Almost like when I was deciding whether to play Luis Valbuena or Mike Aviles as backup shortstop in my fantasy team." Wanting to see how these nicotine hipster societies make do with their decidedly un-Parisian caf surroundings, I stood outside a building that houses a large online marketing company in Los Angeles employing about 150 people I have already said too much where I met 3 of the office's 10 smokers who had gathered a short distance from the building's entrance