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Manchester is winning awards for its smoke-free agenda but toxic air still plagues the city

Car emissions still make Manchester one of the UK's most polluted cities – are Clean Air Zones the answer?

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REBECCA. L. ROOT and The Lead
Jun 10, 2025
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2022 data put the city among the UK’s worst for smoking with 15.4 per cent of adults smoking Pic: Rebecca Lupton Photography

Greater Manchester recently received an award for its work in making outdoor spaces smoke-free to improve Mancunians’ health, but as one of the worst UK cities for air pollution, city residents are still being exposed to debilitati…

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