Consumer: A new law requires all cigarette

Answer choices

1. A

   Bad Trigger Match1% picked this

   If implementing certain regulations on the packaging of cigarettes would affect the smoking habits of those who smoke cigarettes regularly,

   We can contrapose this answer and get the conclusion on the right of the arrow. If regulations should then implementing these not be implemented ? new packaging regulations will not affect the smoking habits of regular smokers That conditional's outcome does match the conclusion! Is the trigger something we were told? Nope. We were never told that "these regulations should not be implemented". Since we have no way to trigger this rule, it does nothing for us.

   1%
2. B

   Bad Conclusion Match7% picked this

   If those who regularly smoke cigarettes look at disturbing pictures of smoking-related diseases frequently, it is likely to

   The right side of this arrow is saying that something "likely will affect smoking habits", but we're trying to prove that something "will not affect smoking habits", so this answer is functionally useless to us.

   7%
3. C

   Unrelated to Goal5% picked this

   Almost all people who regularly smoke cigarettes are already familiar with the risks that smoking

   This answer doesn't have any language about whether something "will / won't affect the smoking habits of regular smokers", so it's functionally useless and not worth reading.

   5%
4. D

   Correct83% picked this

   The new packaging cannot affect the smoking habits of people who regularly smoke cigarettes unless they frequently look at the

   Why this is right

   We can contrapose this answer and get the conclusion on the right of the arrow. If people don't then this frequently look at ? new packaging packaging when cannot affect the smoking taking out cigs habits of regular smokers That conditional's outcome does match the conclusion. Is the trigger something we were told? Yes. We were never told that "these regular smokers rarely look at the packaging when they take out a cigarette", so that means that "these regular smokers do not frequently look at the packaging when they take out a cigarette". The evidence fires the trigger on this rule, and the outcome delivers us the wording of the conclusion!

   Skill tested: Sufficient Assumption · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   83%
5. E

   Unrelated to Goal4% picked this

   Most people who regularly smoke cigarettes would be unable to describe the logo of their usual brand of cigarettes

   This answer doesn't have any language about whether something "will / won't affect the smoking habits of regular smokers", so it's functionally useless and not worth reading.

   4%