The Case in Point on Externalities, Cigarettes, and Smoking Suggests

question 228

Multiple Choice

The Case in Point on Externalities, Cigarettes, and Smoking suggests that smokers generate:

• A)external benefits to society by dying early, thereby subsidizing the retirement costs of the rest of the population.
• B)external costs to society by dying early, thereby subsidizing the retirement costs of the rest of the population.
• C)net costs to society.
• D)external costs that are greater than the external benefits they generate.

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