New research shows that air pollution is deadlier than smoking cigarettes.

<div class="block">New research shows that air pollution is deadlier than smoking cigarettes.</div>

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Study: Air Pollution Deadlier Than Smoking Cigarettes

The negative health risks of smoking have been studied for years. But new research suggests that we've been overlooking the risks of breathing in polluted air. The study study which was published today by the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute showed that smoking cigarettes removes an average of 2.2 years of someone's life while air pollution reduces life expectancy by 2.3 years in India. If air pollution was improved to World Health Organization's recommended levels, the life expectancy for residents of New Delhi, for example, would increase by an average of 12 years. That's incredible.