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 23 Aug 2006, 01:05
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The lobbyists argued that because there is no statistical evidence that breathing other people’s tobacco smoke increases the incidence of heart disease or lung cancer in healthy nonsmokers, legislation banning smoking in workplaces cannot be justified on health grounds.
Of the following, which is the best criticism of the argument reported above?
(A) It ignores causes of lung cancer other than smoking.
(B) It neglects the damaging effects of smoke-filled air on nonsmokers who are not healthy.
(C) It fails to mention the roles played by diet, exercise, and heredity in the development of heart disease.
(D) It does not consider the possibility that nonsmokers who breathe smoke-filled air at work may become more concerned about their health.
(E) It does not acknowledge that nonsmokers, even those who breathe smoke-filled air at work, are in general healthier than smokers.
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Please tell me its (E)
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Is it C ?
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D for me on this one
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I'll go for B:
A - irrelevant, the argument discusses the smoking effects and ban.
B - right. The statistics the tabacco lobby cites only refers to healthy nonsmokers. Very few people are healthy.
C - irrelevant, addresses only the heart disease but not lung cancer, and if it were relevant it would provide support for the lobbyists, notr criticicize them: "yeah guys what don't you eat healthy and exercise more instead of prohibiting peiple from smoking"
D - so what if they become concerned ? anyway they may or may not- that's a weak argument
E - it doesn't matter if they are healthier in general because the ground for the ban are specific diseases and it's the evidence against those diseases that the lobbyists cite
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(B) looks fine.
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Yurik79 wrote: D for me on this one
I agree with Yurik here. These people may not take notice in their health until they suffer the consequences of second hand smoke.
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Caught Between B and D.
D is the better choice than B.
All other options are out of scope.
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(B) It neglects the damaging effects of smoke-filled air on nonsmokers who are not healthy.
The lobbyists cite "affect on healthy ..." ignoring unhealthy nonsmokers who may be affected too.
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straight one B...
argument only takes care of healthy non-smokers. that's the issue.
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Definitely b/w B and D.
Should be a straight B - I don't think a legislation can be raised just because people start becoming concerned; there must be some solid health ground.
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B. What's d OA?
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Between B and D, I go with D.
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