Question 18.1 Click on this site http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/index.htm Peruse this government site
dedicated to educating people with regard to tobacco smoking. Is it a proper
role for government to propagandize its population against using a legal
product? Would tobacco prohibition not be warranted given the concerns
expressed by the CDC? Specifically look at the health consequences page http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/hlthcon.htm
. Note the statistic that five million years of potential lifespan are lost due
to smoking. What would you have predicted the number would be? Question 18.2Click on this article http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/hnp/hddflash/hcnote/hrn001.html Comment on the importance of
elasticity in this article. |