Thick, unhealthy haze continues to blanket portions of the country as smoke-filled air drifts south from wildfires burning in Canada. Millions of people across North America are under air quality alerts with officials in major cities like New York urging residents to stay inside and mask up. Amid viral images of an orange-shrouded New York City is a claim that being exposed to the current air quality in that city for 24 hours is equivalent to smoking about several cigarettes. For more: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/verify/breathing-wildfire-smoke-smoking-cigarettes-comparison/67-2fc08bd1-b589-4b47-bebd-9be772424dfb ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay