Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: The consumption of tobacco in the country has fallen drastically in

The argument states that tobacco consumption has fallen drastically in the past year, and the government attributes this decline to its advertising campaign educating citizens about the ill effects of chewing tobacco. We're looking for an option that weakens this argument by providing an alternative explanation for the decline in tobacco consumption.

(A) The government has had to spend a huge amount of money on this advertising campaign, an amount that it will eventually recover from the general public in the form of new taxes.
- This option talks about the cost of the advertising campaign and how it will be funded but doesn't directly address the effectiveness of the campaign or provide an alternative reason for the decline in tobacco consumption.

(B) More and more tobacco consumers in the past one year have now shifted to consuming relatively harmless substances such as chewing gum.
- This option suggests an alternative reason for the decline in tobacco consumption, which is
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Statistics : Posted by Paras96 • on 19 Jun 2023, 01:30 • Replies 4 • Views 992

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