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It has been found that people who smoke “light” cigarettes, which are designed to produce diluted smoke, have about the same risk of experiencing smoking-related illnesses as those who smoke regular cigarettes. Nevertheless, many wellness pundits have called for laws that allow selling of only regular cigarettes and ban “light” cigarettes.
Which of the following best explains why wellness pundits have taken this surprising position?
(A) By defeating the features that “light” cigarettes use to produce diluted smoke, smokers can cause them to produce smoke similar to that produced by regular cigarettes.
(B) The smoke “light” cigarettes produce causes less of the throat irritation that alerts people to smoking’s dangers than is caused by the smoke regular cigarettes produce.
(C) The smoke filters on regular cigarettes make them somewhat less harmful to smokers’ health than unfiltered cigarettes.
(D) The secondhand smoke produced through smoking “light” cigarettes is just as dangerous to those around smokers as that produced through smoking regular cigarettes.
(E) To inhale from “light” cigarettes the same amount of smoke that a smoker would get from regular cigarettes, a smoker must smoke more cigarettes.
Which of the following best explains why wellness pundits have taken this surprising position?
(A) By defeating the features that “light” cigarettes use to produce diluted smoke, smokers can cause them to produce smoke similar to that produced by regular cigarettes.
(B) The smoke “light” cigarettes produce causes less of the throat irritation that alerts people to smoking’s dangers than is caused by the smoke regular cigarettes produce.
(C) The smoke filters on regular cigarettes make them somewhat less harmful to smokers’ health than unfiltered cigarettes.
(D) The secondhand smoke produced through smoking “light” cigarettes is just as dangerous to those around smokers as that produced through smoking regular cigarettes.
(E) To inhale from “light” cigarettes the same amount of smoke that a smoker would get from regular cigarettes, a smoker must smoke more cigarettes.
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It has been found that people who smoke “light” cigarettes, which are designed to produce diluted smoke, have about the same risk of experiencing smoking-related illnesses as those who smoke regular cigarettes. Nevertheless, many wellness pundits have called for laws that allow selling of only regular cigarettes and ban “light” cigarettes.
The passage presents a surprising situation: The health risks associated with smoking light cigarettes are about the same as those associated with smoking regular cigarettes, but wellness pundits are treating the two types of cigarettes differently, calling for laws that allow selling of only regular cigarettes and ban light cigarettes.
Which of the following best explains why wellness pundits have taken this surprising position?
This is a Paradox or Best Explains question, and the correct answer will be the choice that could explain why the wellness pundits have taken the surprising position regarding light cigarettes.
(A) By defeating the features that “light” cigarettes use to produce diluted smoke, smokers can cause them to produce smoke similar to that produced by regular cigarettes.
The wellness pundits' surprising position involves treating light cigarettes differently from regular cigarettes even though the health risks associated with smoking the two kinds of cigarettes are the same. So, to explain why they've taking that position, we need a choice that indicates how the two kinds of cigarettes are different.
This choice shows how light cigarettes and regular cigarettes can be "similar," rather than different.
So, this choice doesn't do what we need.
Eliminate.
(B) The smoke “light” cigarettes produce causes less of the throat irritation that alerts people to smoking’s dangers than is caused by the smoke regular cigarettes produce.
This choice is interesting.
After all, if the smoke light cigarettes produce causes less of the throat irritation that alerts people to smoking’s dangers than is caused by the smoke regular cigarettes produce, then there is a key difference between light cigarettes and regular cigarettes: light cigarettes basically lack a warning mechanism that regular cigarettes have.
In that case, even though "people who smoke 'light' cigarettes ... have about the same risk of experiencing smoking-related illnesses as those who smoke regular cigarettes," light cigarettes are still worse in a way than regular cigarettes because they lack something that could cause people to stop smoking entirely.
So, this choice serves to explain why wellness pundits have taken the surprising position.
Keep.
(C) The smoke filters on regular cigarettes make them somewhat less harmful to smokers’ health than unfiltered cigarettes.
This choice presents a way regular cigarettes are different from "unfiltered cigarettes."
The correct answer must explain the difference between regular cigarettes and light cigarettes.
So, this choice doesn't do what we need.
Eliminate.
(D) The secondhand smoke produced through smoking “light” cigarettes is just as dangerous to those around smokers as that produced through smoking regular cigarettes.
The wellness pundits' surprising position involves treating light cigarettes differently from regular cigarettes even though the health risks associated with smoking the two kinds of cigarettes are the same. So, to explain why they've taking that position, we need a choice that indicates how the two kinds of cigarettes are different.
This choice shows how light cigarettes are "just as dangerous ... as," in other words, the same as, rather than different from regular cigarettes.
So, this choice doesn't do what we need.
Eliminate.
(E) To inhale from “light” cigarettes the same amount of smoke that a smoker would get from regular cigarettes, a smoker must smoke more cigarettes.
This choice is tricky because it does present a difference between light cigarettes and regular cigarettes. To get the same amount of smoke from light cigarettes as from regular cigarettes, smokers must smoke a different quantity of, or "more," cigarettes. So, this choice could seem to explain why the wellness pundits have called for treating light cigarettes differently from regular cigarettes.
However, there are some issues with this choice.
One is that this choice doesn't say that people do in fact smoke more light cigarettes. All this choice indicates is that people would have to smoke more light cigarettes to get the same amount of smoke. The fact that they would have to doesn't mean that they do. So, only if we make an unsupported leap to deciding that people do in fact smoke more light cigarettes does this choice indicate that there may be a problem with light cigarettes.
Also, it's not even clear that smoking more light cigarettes is worse than smoking fewer regular cigarettes. If you inhale the same amount of smoke either way, then it could be that smoking more light cigarettes is the same as smoking fewer regular cigarettes.
Finally, the passage states as fact that "people who smoke 'light' cigarettes, which are designed to produce diluted smoke, have about the same risk of experiencing smoking-related illnesses as those who smoke regular cigarettes." So, even if people who smoke light cigarettes do smoke more cigarettes than people who smoke regular cigarettes, the health risks are apparently the same.
So, regardless of what this choice says, it remains the case that there's no clear reason for banning light cigarettes while allowing selling of regular cigarettes.
Eliminate.
Correct answer: B
The passage presents a surprising situation: The health risks associated with smoking light cigarettes are about the same as those associated with smoking regular cigarettes, but wellness pundits are treating the two types of cigarettes differently, calling for laws that allow selling of only regular cigarettes and ban light cigarettes.
Which of the following best explains why wellness pundits have taken this surprising position?
This is a Paradox or Best Explains question, and the correct answer will be the choice that could explain why the wellness pundits have taken the surprising position regarding light cigarettes.
(A) By defeating the features that “light” cigarettes use to produce diluted smoke, smokers can cause them to produce smoke similar to that produced by regular cigarettes.
The wellness pundits' surprising position involves treating light cigarettes differently from regular cigarettes even though the health risks associated with smoking the two kinds of cigarettes are the same. So, to explain why they've taking that position, we need a choice that indicates how the two kinds of cigarettes are different.
This choice shows how light cigarettes and regular cigarettes can be "similar," rather than different.
So, this choice doesn't do what we need.
Eliminate.
(B) The smoke “light” cigarettes produce causes less of the throat irritation that alerts people to smoking’s dangers than is caused by the smoke regular cigarettes produce.
This choice is interesting.
After all, if the smoke light cigarettes produce causes less of the throat irritation that alerts people to smoking’s dangers than is caused by the smoke regular cigarettes produce, then there is a key difference between light cigarettes and regular cigarettes: light cigarettes basically lack a warning mechanism that regular cigarettes have.
In that case, even though "people who smoke 'light' cigarettes ... have about the same risk of experiencing smoking-related illnesses as those who smoke regular cigarettes," light cigarettes are still worse in a way than regular cigarettes because they lack something that could cause people to stop smoking entirely.
So, this choice serves to explain why wellness pundits have taken the surprising position.
Keep.
(C) The smoke filters on regular cigarettes make them somewhat less harmful to smokers’ health than unfiltered cigarettes.
This choice presents a way regular cigarettes are different from "unfiltered cigarettes."
The correct answer must explain the difference between regular cigarettes and light cigarettes.
So, this choice doesn't do what we need.
Eliminate.
(D) The secondhand smoke produced through smoking “light” cigarettes is just as dangerous to those around smokers as that produced through smoking regular cigarettes.
The wellness pundits' surprising position involves treating light cigarettes differently from regular cigarettes even though the health risks associated with smoking the two kinds of cigarettes are the same. So, to explain why they've taking that position, we need a choice that indicates how the two kinds of cigarettes are different.
This choice shows how light cigarettes are "just as dangerous ... as," in other words, the same as, rather than different from regular cigarettes.
So, this choice doesn't do what we need.
Eliminate.
(E) To inhale from “light” cigarettes the same amount of smoke that a smoker would get from regular cigarettes, a smoker must smoke more cigarettes.
This choice is tricky because it does present a difference between light cigarettes and regular cigarettes. To get the same amount of smoke from light cigarettes as from regular cigarettes, smokers must smoke a different quantity of, or "more," cigarettes. So, this choice could seem to explain why the wellness pundits have called for treating light cigarettes differently from regular cigarettes.
However, there are some issues with this choice.
One is that this choice doesn't say that people do in fact smoke more light cigarettes. All this choice indicates is that people would have to smoke more light cigarettes to get the same amount of smoke. The fact that they would have to doesn't mean that they do. So, only if we make an unsupported leap to deciding that people do in fact smoke more light cigarettes does this choice indicate that there may be a problem with light cigarettes.
Also, it's not even clear that smoking more light cigarettes is worse than smoking fewer regular cigarettes. If you inhale the same amount of smoke either way, then it could be that smoking more light cigarettes is the same as smoking fewer regular cigarettes.
Finally, the passage states as fact that "people who smoke 'light' cigarettes, which are designed to produce diluted smoke, have about the same risk of experiencing smoking-related illnesses as those who smoke regular cigarettes." So, even if people who smoke light cigarettes do smoke more cigarettes than people who smoke regular cigarettes, the health risks are apparently the same.
So, regardless of what this choice says, it remains the case that there's no clear reason for banning light cigarettes while allowing selling of regular cigarettes.
Eliminate.
Correct answer: B
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