Air pollution is the ‘new tobacco’, warns WHO head

Exclusive: Simple act of breathing is killing 7 million people a year and harming billions more, but 'a smog of complacency pervades the planet', says Dr Tedros Adhanom

" Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Air pollution is the new tobacco. Time to tackle this epidemic

Air pollution is the "new tobacco", the head of the World Health Organization has warned, saying the simple act of breathing is killing 7 million people a year and harming billions more.

Over 90% of the world's population suffers toxic air and research is increasingly revealing the profound impacts on the health of people, especially children.