British people breathe equivalent of one cigarette a day because of air pollution, doctors warn

British people breathe equivalent of one cigarette a day because of air pollution, doctors warn British people are breathing in the equivalent of one cigarette a day because of air pollution, a leading doctor has warned.

The Government is now being begged by two royal medical colleges to do more to tackle the public health crisis, which is shortening thousands of people's lives.

The Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said politicians are not taking air pollution seriously enough. The Daily Mail