Critical Reasoning (CR) | ­People who regularly use sunscreen are more likely to be diagnosed

­People who regularly use sunscreen are more likely to be diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer than are people who do not use sunscreen.  Therefore, the use of sunscreen is a cause of melanoma. 

The questionable pattern of reasoning above is most similar to which of the following? 

A. Some non-smokers suffer from emphysema.  Therefore, smoking is not a cause of emphysema. 

B. Water-resistant sunscreen is more likely to be used by athletes playing outdoor sports in hot weather conditions than by members of the general public. Consequently, most buyers of water-resistant sunscreen are athletes. 

C. Because some individuals are genetically inclined to obesity and obesity can result in type 2 diabetes, any individual who is genetically inclined to obesity will inevitably suffer from type 2 diabetes. 

D. Reliance on blood pressure medication increases the risk of a heart attack, because those who take such medication are more likely to suffer a heart attack than are those who
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