Reducing the subsidies paid to fossil fuel companies also has the effect of improving general health, mostly through the reduction in respiratory diseases.
Similarly, the fatality rate is higher for folks with hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer, relative to folks without any of these conditions.
Smoking also causes respiratory diseases, which affect the nose and breathing passages to the surface of the lungs. Respiratory diseases include asthma, bronchitis and emphysema.