Monday, October 29, 2007

Might As Well Smoke

CAIRO, Oct 19 (IPS/IFEJ) - Air pollution is so bad in Cairo that living in the sprawling city of 18 million residents is said to be akin to smoking 20 cigarettes a day. According to the World Health Organisation, the average Cairene ingests more than 20 times the acceptable level of air pollution a day.

Oh.

Joy.

2 comments:

Marc Siry said...

Maybe that's why you find it so hard to quit Cairo?

Yasir Khan said...

I actually cut down on my smoking since coming here. Getting my fix by just hanging out on the balcony.