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Banning smoking indoors is a better example. A nice example of externalities.
by Moshe_Silnorin 11y ago
Banning smoking indoors is a better example. A nice example of externalities.
- witty_username 11y agoNot really, smoking indoors means other people in the house/apartment also get the radioactive particles and toxins like benzene.
- eru 11y agoSmoking is bad for you, no doubt. But, radioactivity?
- dangrossman 11y agohttp://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/smoking.htm http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/smoking.htm
- witty_username 11y agotl;dr tobacco plants absorb high amount of polonium and other radiocative materials and these particles end up inside your lungs were they can cause the most damage. (Alpha radiation externally is of little harm).