June 1994 LSAT Section 2 Question 6

Cigarette smoking has been shown to be a health hazard; therefore, governments should ban all advertisements that pro...

Amandaccs on November 23, 2022

Why is E correct and not A.

Hello, in deciding if A was correct versus E. I concluded that E seems more extreme and I thought the argument was saying smoking, something that is hazardous, shouldn't be promoted. I didn't think that was the same as saying "Only" healthy things should be advertised because all the argument was saying was hazardous, couldn't something other than healthy be advertised? So isn't saying only healthy too restrictive to what the argument was stating? This is why I chose A because I felt it more directly aligned with the argument.

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Emil-Kunkin on November 23, 2022

Hi, we are looking to strengthen this argument, so extreme is not necessarily a bad thing. We are not looking for something that is aligned with the argument, we are trying to make the argument better. The argument is that smoking is unhealthy, so ads for it should be banned.

To say that ads should promote only heathy products completely proves the argument correct. If ads are only for healthy things, and smoking is unhealthy, then ads cannot be allowed for smoking. Thus, these ads should be banned.

A looks tempting, but who ever said smoking ads show people smoking? They may only show the product, or just the logo. A might support banning a subset of smoking ads, but not all.