Physician: Hatha yoga is a powerful tool for helping
people quit smoking. In a clinical trial, those who
practiced hatha yoga for 75 minutes once a week and
received individual counseling reduced their smoking
and cravings for tobacco as much as did those who
went to traditional self-help groups once a week and
had individual counseling.
Which one of the following is an assumption on
which the physician's argument relies?
(A) The individual counseling received by the
smokers in the clinical trial who practiced
hatha yoga did not help them quit smoking.
(B) Most smokers are able to practice hatha yoga
more than once a week.
(C) Traditional self-help groups are powerfril tools
for helping people quit smoking.
(D) People who practice hatha yoga for 75 minutes
once a week are not damaging themselves
physically.
(E) Other forms of yoga are less effective than
hatha yoga in helping people quit smoking.
people quit smoking. In a clinical trial, those who
practiced hatha yoga for 75 minutes once a week and
received individual counseling reduced their smoking
and cravings for tobacco as much as did those who
went to traditional self-help groups once a week and
had individual counseling.
Which one of the following is an assumption on
which the physician's argument relies?
(A) The individual counseling received by the
smokers in the clinical trial who practiced
hatha yoga did not help them quit smoking.
(B) Most smokers are able to practice hatha yoga
more than once a week.
(C) Traditional self-help groups are powerfril tools
for helping people quit smoking.
(D) People who practice hatha yoga for 75 minutes
once a week are not damaging themselves
physically.
(E) Other forms of yoga are less effective than
hatha yoga in helping people quit smoking.
