Freds enjoys smoking cigars but cigar smoke makes his wife , Wilma feels ill. Use a graph to show that Fred's consumption of cigars will be inefficient if he ignores the costs imposed on Wilma.

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Freds enjoys smoking cigars but cigar smoke makes his wife , Wilma feels ill. Use a graph to show that Fred's consumption of cigars will be inefficient if he ignores the costs imposed on Wilma. 

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