PT114.S2.Q6

PrepTest 114 - Section 2 - Question 6

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One thousand people in Denmark were questioned about their views on banning cigarette advertising. ███ ██████ █████████ ██████ ███ ███ ██████████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████████ ███ ████ ███ █████ ███████████ ███ ████ ██████████ ██ ███ ████ ██████ ██████████████ █████ ████████ ███████ ███████ ███████ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ██ █████ ██ ████ █ ████ ██ ███████ ███ ███████ ███ ██ ███████ ███ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ██████ ███ █ ███████ ████ ██ ████████

Summary

A study in Denmark examined people’s views on banning cigarette advertising. The sample was asked similar questions ten years ago, and their answers did not change much. 31% were in favor of the ban, 24% were against it, 38% were in favor, but only for certain types of media, and 7% had no opinion.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

Most of Denmark’s population supports some form of a ban on cigarette advertising.

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6.

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a

People's opinions never ██████ ████ █████

This is too strong to support. The stimulus only says that people’s views on this issue did not change very much, not that people’s opinions never change on everything else.

3%
b

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There is no support for why the people who oppose the ban. They might just really enjoy cigarette advertisements.

3%
c

Most of Denmark's ██████████ ██ ███ █████████ █████████ █████ █████████ ████████████

There is information about the percentage of people who are “seriously concerned.” Also, most of the respondents were in favor of some form of ban.

2%
d

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31% + 38% = 69% (a majority) of the population. Although the 38% have some reservations about the ban’s implementation, they still support some form of the ban.

92%
e

Most of Denmark's ██████████ ████ ███ █████ ███████████

There is no information about the percentage of Denmark’s population that smokes. You must assume that if you are in favor of a ban, you do not smoke.

0%

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