'Delhi's air pollution may be as bad as smoking 13 cigarettes per day'

air pollution in Delhi has worsened to extent that outdoor activities are discourd by Delhi government as part of its health advisory issued on Sunday. advisory has asked users to stay indoors as much as possible, especially during morning and late evening hours. w, a new app called 'Sh**t! I smoke' is available to download for Android and iOS users. app states how much harmful level of air pollution in your area can be and compares dam it causes to your lungs with number of cigarettes smoked. We briefly used app to see how it works and what all results it has to show.

moment you open app for first time, it seeks permission to access your phone's location to show results for your surroundings. However, you can deny location permission (How to control app permissions on Android) and search for specific areas, towns and cities. For example, you need to enter name of your city or town in search bar, and it will pull data accordingly.

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Air pollution in New Delhi

Upon searching for New Delhi, app showed pollution may be as bad as smoking 13 cigarettes on a daily basis, 90.9 cigarettes on a weekly basis and 389.7 cigarettes on a monthly basis. It also showed pollution level PM25 AQI is 336. It calculates one cigarette per day as rough equivalent of a PM2.5 level of 22 μg/m3. Try app and see for yourself. You can search for any city or local area you want. app is conceptualised and created by a developer who goes by name Amaury Martiny.

Meanwhile, you can also share results with your friends on WhatsApp and or messaging apps, as well as social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. app is currently available in beta.

" feature of displaying weekly and monthly cigarettes is in beta because results may be highly inaccurate," app developer says on app. "For full feature, we plan on having access to a database that contains history of PM2.5 of a location."