GMAT Verbal Section | The tobacco industry is still profitable and projections are that it w

The tobacco industry is still profitable and projections are that it will remain so. In the United States this year, the total amount of tobacco sold by tobacco-farmers has increased, even though the number of adults who smoke has decreased.

Each of the following, if true, could explain the simultaneous increase in tobacco sales and decrease in the number of adults who smoke EXCEPT:

a. During this year, the number of women who have begun to smoke is greater than the number of men who have quit
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