Live City AQI to Cigarettes Smoked Equivalent Calculator
Convert your city's PM2.5 / AQI exposure into equivalent cigarettes smoked per day using the Berkeley Earth research formula.
Unhealthy
PM2.5: 95.0 µg/m³ • 19.0× WHO guideline
Breathing Delhi's Air Is Like Smoking
76
per month
919
per year
46.0
packs/year
4 hours
Epidemiological Health & Exposure Impact
~202.3 days lost / yr
Estimated life expectancy reduction per year at this sustained exposure level.
Everyone should reduce prolonged outdoor exertion. Use N95 masks outdoors.
WHO guideline benchmark: annual PM2.5 < 5 µg/m³
Delhi: AQI 180 (Unhealthy). PM2.5: 95.0 µg/m³.
Everyone should reduce prolonged outdoor exertion. Use N95 masks outdoors.
Your city's PM2.5 is 19.0× the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.
Based on Berkeley Earth research: 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 = 1 cigarette/day.
⚠️ Consider investing in an air purifier (HEPA filter) for indoor spaces and wearing N95 masks outdoors.
Calibrate UC Berkeley / Lancet PM2.5 particulate mass per cigarette equivalent and indoor filtration efficiency.