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		throw-qqqqq 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In New York City, congestion pricing leads to mark... > I thought that smoking and bad dietary/exercise habits were the main factors While that is true, PM2.5 is still a major cause of lung cancer in non smokers, see e.g. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11729863/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11969995/

oersted 7 days ago [–]

I see from your sources that lung cancer in non-smokers is still one of the top causes of death, and of course air-pollution is a primary cause of that. Good to know.

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