Air pollution released out of the vehicle and power stations reduces the life expectancy rates in UK by nearly 6 months, the government added.

According to the recently released report by the Daily Express as claimed by MP Joan Walley, chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, "It's a national scandal that the average life expectancy of people living in the UK is reduced by six months because of road traffic pollution."

Road vehicles generate a pollutant called as particulate matter (PM10) and the Government seemingly is opting to look out for missing targets in order to reduce this pollutant.

Although it has been made clear that the targets are being released by the coming year, no formulated plan has yet been released.

One of the few ideas is to spray roads which help attract and trap PM10. But campaigners state that it is a much better notion to stop vehicles producing it in the first place.

Walley said: "Using dust suppressant sprays to damp down pollution on London's roads will help people in our capital city breathe easier, but it's only a temporary fix. We need to tackle the root cause of the air pollution problem and clean up our transport system."

Plentiful studies have claimed that the levels of pollutants in the air seemingly is on continuous increase, and at the same time leads to the deaths of people with lung and heart related conditions.

The news was released showed that second-hand smoke is the reason for the death of more than 600,000 people worldwide.

The findings further stated that out of one in 100 deaths are associated with passive smoking.

This takes lives of more than 600,000 each year around the world – an approximate one per cent of all deaths – a major study claims.

Children especially are in danger and are heavily exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke, and nearly 165,000 die due to the disease.