Smoking lungs

I have always been aware of environmental issues and their impact on human health. It is for sure linked to my asthma. But with my recent severe bronchitis and the threat of an underlying one, a chronic illness affecting my lungs I feel really concerned by pollution in urban areas.I have read an interesting post in The Man in The Radiator. You can access to it there. Alex writes about a documentary he saw on Discovery about the respiratory problems of workers who have cleaned up Ground Zero. Should have a look at it to see that the link between our health and the air we are breathing is not fictional at all. And of course being a New-Yorker I can't help thinking about the quality of air in Big Apple and my situation. I don't want my lungs to smoke like a stack ...