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[Alex]

Originally Posted by blueerica

OK, I guess she's saying it's the social cost of treating people with lung cancer (hospital bills), not the cancer itself. The question still could stand being more clear.

Then ask her to provide an example of something that requires medical care that is not a social cost. Smoking is completely irrelevant to whether it is a social cost (though not irrelevant to whether it increases the social cost).