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Re:In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop... by throw-qqqqq on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @10:57AM (#46219249)
> 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/

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Re:In New York City, congestion pricing leads to marked drop... by oersted on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @11:04AM (#46219375)
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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