diff --git a/src/components/CigaretteEquivalent.jsx b/src/components/CigaretteEquivalent.jsx
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+import { aqiToCigarettes, pm25ToCigarettes } from "../utils/cigaretteEquivalent";
+
+/**
+ * Surface the "cigarettes/day" equivalent of the current air quality — a
+ * visceral way to read an AQI number. Pass either `aqi` or a raw `pm25`
+ * concentration. Renders nothing when the equivalent rounds to zero (clean
+ * air) so it never shows a meaningless "0 cigarettes".
+ *
+ * @param {{ aqi?: number, pm25?: number }} params
+ */
+export default function CigaretteEquivalent({ aqi, pm25 }) {
+  const cigarettes =
+    typeof pm25 === "number" ? pm25ToCigarettes(pm25) : aqiToCigarettes(aqi);
+
+  if (!cigarettes) return null;
+
+  const label = cigarettes === 1 ? "cigarette" : "cigarettes";
+
+  return (
+    <div className="cigarette-equivalent-card" data-testid="cigarette-equivalent">
+      <span className="cigarette-equivalent-icon" aria-hidden="true">
+        🚬
+      </span>
+      <span className="cigarette-equivalent-text">
+        ≈ <strong>{cigarettes}</strong> {label}/day
+      </span>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/components/CigaretteEquivalent.test.jsx b/src/components/CigaretteEquivalent.test.jsx
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+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import CigaretteEquivalent from "./CigaretteEquivalent";
+
+describe("CigaretteEquivalent", () => {
+  it("renders the equivalent for a polluted AQI", () => {
+    render(<CigaretteEquivalent aqi={100} />);
+    expect(screen.getByTestId("cigarette-equivalent")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText("1.6")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("accepts a raw pm25 value", () => {
+    render(<CigaretteEquivalent pm25={22} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("1")).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/cigarette\/day/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("renders nothing for clean air (AQI 0)", () => {
+    const { container } = render(<CigaretteEquivalent aqi={0} />);
+    expect(container).toBeEmptyDOMElement();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/utils/cigaretteEquivalent.js b/src/utils/cigaretteEquivalent.js
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+import { aqiToPm25 } from "./exposureModel";
+
+/**
+ * Berkeley Earth rule of thumb: breathing ~22 µg/m³ of PM2.5 for a day is
+ * roughly equivalent, in particulate intake, to smoking one cigarette.
+ */
+export const PM25_PER_CIGARETTE = 22;
+
+/**
+ * Convert a PM2.5 concentration to an equivalent number of cigarettes per day.
+ *
+ * @param {number} pm25 - PM2.5 concentration in µg/m³.
+ * @returns {number} Equivalent cigarettes/day, rounded to 1 decimal. Non-finite
+ * or non-positive input returns 0.
+ * @example
+ * pm25ToCigarettes(22);  // 1
+ * pm25ToCigarettes(220); // 10
+ */
+export function pm25ToCigarettes(pm25) {
+  if (typeof pm25 !== "number" || !Number.isFinite(pm25) || pm25 <= 0) return 0;
+  return Math.round((pm25 / PM25_PER_CIGARETTE) * 10) / 10;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Convert a US AQI value to an equivalent number of cigarettes per day, by first
+ * mapping AQI back to a PM2.5 concentration.
+ *
+ * @param {number} aqi - US AQI value.
+ * @returns {number} Equivalent cigarettes/day, rounded to 1 decimal.
+ * @example
+ * aqiToCigarettes(50);  // 0.5  (12 µg/m³)
+ * aqiToCigarettes(100); // 1.6  (35.4 µg/m³)
+ */
+export function aqiToCigarettes(aqi) {
+  return pm25ToCigarettes(aqiToPm25(aqi));
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/cigaretteEquivalent.test.js b/src/utils/cigaretteEquivalent.test.js
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+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { pm25ToCigarettes, aqiToCigarettes } from "./cigaretteEquivalent";
+
+describe("pm25ToCigarettes", () => {
+  it("maps the reference concentration to one cigarette", () => {
+    expect(pm25ToCigarettes(22)).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("scales linearly", () => {
+    expect(pm25ToCigarettes(11)).toBe(0.5);
+    expect(pm25ToCigarettes(220)).toBe(10);
+  });
+
+  it("rounds to one decimal", () => {
+    expect(pm25ToCigarettes(35.4)).toBe(1.6);
+  });
+
+  it("returns 0 for non-positive, non-finite, or non-number input", () => {
+    expect(pm25ToCigarettes(0)).toBe(0);
+    expect(pm25ToCigarettes(-5)).toBe(0);
+    expect(pm25ToCigarettes(NaN)).toBe(0);
+    expect(pm25ToCigarettes("12")).toBe(0);
+    expect(pm25ToCigarettes(undefined)).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("aqiToCigarettes", () => {
+  it("converts AQI via PM2.5", () => {
+    expect(aqiToCigarettes(50)).toBe(0.5); // 12 µg/m³
+    expect(aqiToCigarettes(100)).toBe(1.6); // 35.4 µg/m³
+  });
+
+  it("returns 0 at AQI 0", () => {
+    expect(aqiToCigarettes(0)).toBe(0);
+  });
+});