Smog Season is an artwork that satirically compares the bad effects of cigarette smoke on the human body with current air pollution in Bangkok, using pictures and warnings similar to a cigarette label. The artwork invites audiences to realize the harmful effects of PM 2.5 air pollution and to start questioning the issue. Nowadays, people tend to misunderstand and adapt to living with the problem as if it were a normal weather condition. If we view the problem of PM 2.5 as a season, it would be like a severe monsoon that people must suffer and endure. Air pollution is considered severe and has long-term health effects that should be taken seriously.  

The artwork references PM 2.5 data from aqicn.org and the research titled “Air Pollution and Cigarette Equivalence [Equation] by Richard A. Muller and Elizabeth A. Muller, which showed that smoking 1 cigarette is equivalent to putting 22 micrograms of PM 2.5 into your body per cubic meter per day. 

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Smog Season aims to stimulate thoughts about the chronic air pollution problem in Thailand and encourages people to question their right to breathe clean air. This issue is not unique to Thailand but is faced by many countries worldwide, and solving it requires cooperation from both the government and private sectors.