Surely the effect on health is mostly the same regardless of population density (if you ignore building size). A wood burner in a small village is still having

Surely the effect on health is mostly the same regardless of population density (if you ignore building size). A wood burner in a small village is still having a negative health effect. Just with fewer people than a dense suburb. Does that make it OK? If you are just damaging the health of 50 people or ten, or just your own family does that make it OK? Also, in my area you can smell the wood smoke outside. That means that it is also getting into peoples houses. A chimney on the top of your house is still very low to the ground. It doesn't just go away when it exits the chimney.