Smog is a kind of air pollution; the word "smog" is a portmanteau of smoke
and fog. Classic smog results from large amounts of coal burning in an area
and is caused by a mixture of smoke and sulphur dioxide.
Origin of term as viewed from the World Trade Center in 1988.]]Coinage of
the term "smog" is generally attributed to Dr. Henry Antoine Des Voeux in
his 1905 paper, ?Fog and Smoke,? for a meeting of the Public Health
Congress. The 26 July 1905 edition of the London newspaper Daily Graphic
quoted Des Voeux, ?He said it required no science to see that there was
something produced in great cities which was not found in the country, and
that was smoky fog, orwhat was known as ?smog.?? The following day the
newspaper stated that ?Dr. Des Voeux did a public service in coining a new
word for the London fog.?
"Smog" also appears in a Jan. 19, 1893, Los Angeles Times article and is
attributed to "a witty English writer
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