We are beginning to understand the full effects of air pollution on a whole range of health conditions from lung and heart disease to cancer, and urgent action is now needed by the Government to get emissions down, especially from highly polluting diesel vehicles. With an estimated 40,000 premature deaths in the UK caused by the effects of outdoor air pollution each year, the impact of air pollution on health and its cost to the economy is moving towards the 80,000 annual deaths linked to smoking.”
