LSAT 118 – Section 3 – Question 05

LSAT 118 - Section 3 - Question 05

December 2004

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PT118 S3 Q05
+LR
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Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE
A
84%
167
B
14%
160
C
2%
155
D
0%
156
E
0%
134
140
149
159
 +Medium 146.785 +SubsectionMedium

Cigarette companies claim that manufacturing both low- and high-nicotine cigarettes allows smokers to choose how much nicotine they want. However, a recent study has shown that the levels of nicotine found in the blood of smokers who smoke one pack of cigarettes per day are identical at the end of a day’s worth of smoking, whatever the level of nicotine in the cigarettes they smoke.

"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why do smokers who smoke one pack a day have identical levels of nicotine in their blod at the end of the day regardless of whether they smoke a pack of high-nicotine cigarettes or low-nicotine cigarettes?

Objective
The correct answer should give us a reason that the difference between high-nicotine packs and low-nicotine packs might not lead to a difference in nicotine levels in blood at the end of the day for smokers who smoke one pack.

A
Blood cannot absorb more nicotine per day than that found in the smoke from a package of the lowest-nicotine cigarettes available.
This establishes a ceiling for nicotine in one’s blood and that low-nicotine packs already lead to nicotine levels at that ceiling. High-nicotine packs have more nicotine, but won’t go above the ceiling of nicotine levels in people’s blood.
B
Smokers of the lowest-nicotine cigarettes available generally smoke more cigarettes per day than smokers of high-nicotine cigarettes.
The statistic in the stimulus involves smokers who smoke just one pack a day. This controls for varying amounts of cigarettes.
C
Most nicotine is absorbed into the blood of a smoker even if it is delivered in smaller quantities.
Even if this is true, if low-nicotine packs have less nicotine overall, we would still expect less nicotine in their blood.
D
The level of tar in cigarettes is higher in low-nicotine cigarettes than it is in some high-nicotine cigarettes.
We have no reason to suspect the level of tar in cigarettes impacts the level of nicotine in one’s blood.
E
When taking in nicotine by smoking cigarettes is discontinued, the level of nicotine in the blood decreases steadily.
We’re concerned about nicotine levels after smoking. What happens to nicotine when people stop smoking doesn’t help explain the identical nicotine levels observed after smoking.

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