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14 Feb 2023, 00:36
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Bans on smoking in public places discourage people from smoking in general and protect the rights of non-smokers to a clean smoke-free environment. A study found that in the nine months following a similar smoking ban introduced in England, there was a 5.5% fall in the number of smokers in the country; the decrease in the number of smokers in the nine months preceding the ban was only 1.6%. Clearly, the obligation to move out of public places to smoke and thereby possibly desert non-smoking friends and colleagues encourages smokers to smoke less frequently and even give up smoking.
Which of the following would it be most important to consider while evaluating the above argument
A. Whether most of the people who contributed to the 5.5% decrease mentioned in the argument appreciated the ban in the first place
B. Whether most of the people who contributed to the 5.5% decrease mentioned in the argument switched to other non-smoking forms of tobacco consumption
C. Whether there is any decrease in the number of people reported with lung-cancer due to passive-smoking since the ban on smoking at public places in England was implemented
D. Whether a proportion of the people who contributed to the 5.5% decrease mentioned in the argument consisted of teenagers who are likely to smoke for recreational purposes.
E. Whether in places where the ban on smoking is implemented, the non-smokers chose to accompany the smokers on their smoking breaks.
Which of the following would it be most important to consider while evaluating the above argument
A. Whether most of the people who contributed to the 5.5% decrease mentioned in the argument appreciated the ban in the first place
B. Whether most of the people who contributed to the 5.5% decrease mentioned in the argument switched to other non-smoking forms of tobacco consumption
C. Whether there is any decrease in the number of people reported with lung-cancer due to passive-smoking since the ban on smoking at public places in England was implemented
D. Whether a proportion of the people who contributed to the 5.5% decrease mentioned in the argument consisted of teenagers who are likely to smoke for recreational purposes.
E. Whether in places where the ban on smoking is implemented, the non-smokers chose to accompany the smokers on their smoking breaks.
25 Feb 2023, 15:25
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Okay, so the argument here is that smoking bans in public places reduce the number of smokers and protect non-smokers' rights. The author cites a study that found a 5.5% decrease in smokers after a ban was introduced in England. Now, we need to evaluate this argument, so what's the most important thing to consider?
Well, I don't know for sure, but I think E might be the right answer. It's important to know whether non-smokers choose to accompany smokers on their smoking breaks, because if they do, then the ban might not be as effective in protecting non-smokers from secondhand smoke.
But I'm not completely sure, so let's look at the other options. A asks whether the people who contributed to the decrease appreciated the ban, which is important to know, but I don't think it's the most important thing. B asks whether people switched to other non-smoking forms of tobacco, but that doesn't really affect the argument that the ban reduces the number of smokers. C asks about lung cancer, which is an important issue, but not directly relevant to the argument about smoking bans. And D asks about teenagers, which is also important, but again not directly relevant to the argument.
So, I'm gonna go with E as the best answer here.
25 Feb 2023, 15:39
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Tricky! The key to this one is to keep track of the argument.
A) Irrelevant. Even if they did not appreciate the ban, it does not tell us anything about the authors conclusion of "smokers having to abandon non-smokers contributed to a decrease in smoking".
B) Trap. The argument is concerned with smoking. Even if the consumption of other forms of tobacco increased, smoking may or may not decrease.
C) Hard to eliminated. However, for C to work we have to make a lot of assumptions - we must assume that the sole cause of the decrease in second hand smoke lung cancer is due to the lack of public smoking. However, there are infinite possible reasons as to why the number may have decreased. Out.
D) Almost. For this work, we have to assume that non smoking teenagers, that smoking teenagers hang out together, that the separation of the two groups induced the smoking group to stop smoking, and that the teenagers composed a majority of those numbers. Too many assumptions are required for D to work
E) The last choice. It does work. The author assumes that smokers, if they abandon non smoking friends, are inclined to stop smoking so as to not abandon their friends. If it is proven that non smoking friends accompany the smokers, then the authors argument becomes more plausible. If the opposite, weaken.
E must be the answer.
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A) Irrelevant. Even if they did not appreciate the ban, it does not tell us anything about the authors conclusion of "smokers having to abandon non-smokers contributed to a decrease in smoking".
B) Trap. The argument is concerned with smoking. Even if the consumption of other forms of tobacco increased, smoking may or may not decrease.
C) Hard to eliminated. However, for C to work we have to make a lot of assumptions - we must assume that the sole cause of the decrease in second hand smoke lung cancer is due to the lack of public smoking. However, there are infinite possible reasons as to why the number may have decreased. Out.
D) Almost. For this work, we have to assume that non smoking teenagers, that smoking teenagers hang out together, that the separation of the two groups induced the smoking group to stop smoking, and that the teenagers composed a majority of those numbers. Too many assumptions are required for D to work
E) The last choice. It does work. The author assumes that smokers, if they abandon non smoking friends, are inclined to stop smoking so as to not abandon their friends. If it is proven that non smoking friends accompany the smokers, then the authors argument becomes more plausible. If the opposite, weaken.
E must be the answer.
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