Multiple Choice
Melbourne city council is trying to quantify the social cost of smoking in order to determine the optimal value of a tax on smoking.What factors should they include when calculating the social cost of smoking?
A) The chewing gum costs of the smokers and the price consumers pay for cigarettes
B) The price consumers pay for cigarettes and the costs to the bystanders affected by the air pollution
C) The costs to the bystanders affected by the air pollution only
D) The price consumers pay for the cigarettes
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