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Every Seattleite is a smoker this week

caption: Breathing air in Seattle is like smoking cigarettes as of August 21, 218.
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Breathing air in Seattle is like smoking cigarettes as of August 21, 218.
KUOW Graphic/Kara McDermott

According to a study from Berkeley Earth, breathing in the air pollution from wildfire smoke is similar to smoking cigarettes.

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