The No-Cigarette day, marked on January 31 is an opportunity to consider the impact smoking has on our health. Smoking does not only harm smokers, but also everyone around them – seconhand smoking poses a serious threat, especially to children and vulnerable groups.
However, smoking is not the only current challenge. Air quality itself has a direct impact on our health, well-being and the future of the next generations. Every breath counts, which is why we need to ask ourselves every day: What are we breathing? What is the air like around us? Is it really as clean as we think?
The European Union has taken a step closer to the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations by implementing lower air quality limits. Nevertheless, it is clear that reducing air pollution remains an urgent task that needs to be addressed on a daily basis at all levels of society.