Apple reportedly refused to fix a few customers Macs, arguing that the owners’ smoking around the machines made the electronics a bio-hazard to Apple employees. Whether or not Apples technicians were truly at risk, photos and comments from the online community suggest that smoking around desktops and laptops can indeed physically damage the insides of the devices.
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Smoking is apparently hazardous not only for your health, but
also your MacBook’s.

The
Consumerist blog has posted two accounts of Apple customers who turned in
their computers for service only to be told that the Applecare warranties were
voided due to secondhand smoke. In both cases, A…