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#24524
Complete Question Explanation
Main Point-SN. The correct answer choice is (C)
This argument states that one does not have to deny the health problems caused by smoking to say that we cannot hold tobacco companies responsible. This is because excessive candy consumption also leads to health problems, yet no one holds candy manufacturers responsible for them. In the same way, then, we should not hold tobacco companies responsible for the health problems caused by smoking.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice does not pass the Fact Test, and thus cannot be the main point. The stimulus states that it is not necessary to deny this fact in order to reject the view that tobacco companies should be held responsible. That is different from saying that it is not necessary to deny this fact altogether.
Answer choice (B): This is not the correct answer choice. This point is implied by the last line of the stimulus, but only to support the conclusion that tobacco companies therefore should not be held responsible for the smokers’ health problems either.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. It is supported with the candy and cavities analogy. Since we do not seriously believe that candy eaters who get cavities should be able to sue candy manufacturers, tobacco companies should not be held responsible for the smokers’ health problems either.
Answer choice (D): This statement might be true, but is not what the argument as a whole is trying to establish.
Answer choice (E): This statement does not pass the Fact Test. Nowhere in the stimulus does it state that if candy manufacturers are held responsible, then tobacco companies should be held responsible as well.
Main Point-SN. The correct answer choice is (C)
This argument states that one does not have to deny the health problems caused by smoking to say that we cannot hold tobacco companies responsible. This is because excessive candy consumption also leads to health problems, yet no one holds candy manufacturers responsible for them. In the same way, then, we should not hold tobacco companies responsible for the health problems caused by smoking.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice does not pass the Fact Test, and thus cannot be the main point. The stimulus states that it is not necessary to deny this fact in order to reject the view that tobacco companies should be held responsible. That is different from saying that it is not necessary to deny this fact altogether.
Answer choice (B): This is not the correct answer choice. This point is implied by the last line of the stimulus, but only to support the conclusion that tobacco companies therefore should not be held responsible for the smokers’ health problems either.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer choice. It is supported with the candy and cavities analogy. Since we do not seriously believe that candy eaters who get cavities should be able to sue candy manufacturers, tobacco companies should not be held responsible for the smokers’ health problems either.
Answer choice (D): This statement might be true, but is not what the argument as a whole is trying to establish.
Answer choice (E): This statement does not pass the Fact Test. Nowhere in the stimulus does it state that if candy manufacturers are held responsible, then tobacco companies should be held responsible as well.