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by olalonde 316 days ago
Exactly. Even smoking doesn't shorten life expectancy by that much (it's 10 years).
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Smoking is voluntary, partly self-adjusting (willingly or not you'll reduce smoking as you get worse), composition is regulated and that habit only starts at a later stage in life.

None of that applies to PM2.5 kind of pollution.