Traffic on the smog-shrouded Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangsu province's capital, Nanjing, where 114 out of every 100,000 people died prematurely because of the health impact of pollution in 2013. Photo: CNS Traffic on the smog-shrouded Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangsu province's capital, Nanjing, where 114 out of every 100,000 people died prematurely because of the health impact of pollution in 2013. Photo: CNS
Traffic on the smog-shrouded Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangsu province's capital, Nanjing, where 114 out of every 100,000 people died prematurely because of the health impact of pollution in 2013. Photo: CNS
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Air pollution is bigger killer in China than smoking, says new Greenpeace study

Study of 31 mainland cities finds people more likely to die from PM2.5 than tobacco use - and it didn't even include the worst offending places

Topic |   China pollution
Li Jing
Li Jing

Updated: 10:27am, 5 Feb, 2015

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Traffic on the smog-shrouded Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangsu province's capital, Nanjing, where 114 out of every 100,000 people died prematurely because of the health impact of pollution in 2013. Photo: CNS Traffic on the smog-shrouded Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangsu province's capital, Nanjing, where 114 out of every 100,000 people died prematurely because of the health impact of pollution in 2013. Photo: CNS
Traffic on the smog-shrouded Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Jiangsu province's capital, Nanjing, where 114 out of every 100,000 people died prematurely because of the health impact of pollution in 2013. Photo: CNS
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