The weekly supply and demand for packs of cigarettes in the United States is given in the figure below. i Price $36 $34 $32 $30 $28 $26 $24 $22 $20 $18 $16 $14 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $2 14 276810121416 S=MC-MC pvt Packs of cigarettes (millions) social MB pvt Tools MB social a. Suppose cigarette smoking causes a $6 per pack external cost on nonsmokers. Draw the social benefit curve that accounts for the external cost associated with smoking. Instructions: Use the tool provided 'MBsocial' and plot only the endpoints such that the first point touches the vertical axis and the second point touches the horizontal axis. b. Assuming the externality associated with smoking is not faced by consumers, week. c. The efficient number of cigarette packs is: | million packs. million packs of cigarettes are consumed per

The weekly supply and demand for packs of cigarettes in the United States is given in the figure below. i Price $36 $34 $32 $30 $28 $26 $24 $22 $20 $18 $16 $14 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $2 14 276810121416 S=MC-MC pvt Packs of cigarettes (millions) social MB pvt Tools MB social a. Suppose cigarette smoking causes a $6 per pack external cost on nonsmokers. Draw the social benefit curve that accounts for the external cost associated with smoking. Instructions: Use the tool provided 'MBsocial' and plot only the endpoints such that the first point touches the vertical axis and the second point touches the horizontal axis. b. Assuming the externality associated with smoking is not faced by consumers, week. c. The efficient number of cigarette packs is: | million packs. million packs of cigarettes are consumed per

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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