Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Since smoking-related illnesses are a serious health problem

Understanding the argument -
Since smoking-related illnesses are a serious health problem in Normark, and since addiction to nicotine prevents many people from quitting smoking, the government of Normark plans to reduce the maximum allowable quantity of nicotine per cigarette by half over the next five years. - There is a plan and two causes for the plan. The goal is to reduce smoking-related illnesses.
However, reducing the quantity of nicotine per cigarette will probably cause people addicted to nicotine to smoke more cigarettes. - contrast with "however," and the plan seems to have the opposite of the intended effect.
Therefore implementing this plan is unlikely to reduce the incidence of smoking related illnesses. - Conclusion

We have to strengthen the conclusion. What conclusion? "This plan is unlikely to reduce the incidence of smoking-related illnesses."

Option Elimination -

(A) Over half of the nonsmoking adults in Normark have smoked cigarettes in
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