Major report links smog to deaths

[SUBMAN1]

I think global warming is all a sham in more ways than one, but pollution and particulates in the air are of concern to me.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24254926/

-S

[kurtz]

okay.

White House officials that the connection between smog and premature death has not been shown sufficiently

This is a familiar phrase, substitue smoking, global warming etc in the above sentence.
As a small boy in England I remember the introduction of smoke free zones as people were dying in smog. Why this should be disputed now is beyond me.