It’s time to stop Sydneysiders sharing one gigantic ciggie

We all know that smoking kills and, on that basis, we’ve spent years successfully reducing smoking rates but on Thursday morning all Sydneysiders were sharing one gigantic ciggie. For on that morning, Sydney’s air quality was languishing just behind that of Lahore and Dubai, registering us as the third most polluted city in the world.

This pollution led to warnings to stay indoors and some doctors reporting an increase in people presenting to emergency department across Sydney with asthma…