Smoke from wildfires has made its way into the Edmonton region, and many parts of eastern and northern Alberta, leading to special air quality statements Monday.

Not only can the smoky air affect people's physical health, it can affect their mental health as well, especially when it sticks around for prolonged periods of time.

You'd be forgiven for thinking you'd woken up in a nuclear wasteland on Wednesday in Edmonton, where the sky was an eerie orange hue due to thick wildfire smoke that has drifted in from B.C.