Critical Reasoning

The lobbyists argued that because there is no statistical evidence that breathing other people’s tobacco smoke increases the incidence of heart disease or lung cancer in healthy nonsmokers, legislation banning smoking in workplaces cannot be justified on health grounds.

Of the following, which is the best criticism of the argument reported above?

(A) It ignores causes of lung cancer other than smoking.
(B) It neglects the damaging effects of smoke-filled air on nonsmokers who are not healthy.
(C) It fails to mention the roles played by diet, exercise, and heredity in the development of heart disease.
(D) It does not consider the possibility that nonsmokers who breathe smoke-filled air at work may become more concerned about their health.
(E) It does not acknowledge that nonsmokers, even those who breathe smoke-filled air at work, are in general healthier than smokers.

S0laris wrote:The lobbyists argued that because there is no statistical evidence that breathing other people’s tobacco smoke increases the incidence of heart disease or lung cancer in healthy nonsmokers, legislation banning smoking in workplaces cannot be justified on health grounds.

Of the following, which is the best criticism of the argument reported above?

(A) It ignores causes of lung cancer other than smoking.
(B) It neglects the damaging effects of smoke-filled air on nonsmokers who are not healthy.
(C) It fails to mention the roles played by diet, exercise, and heredity in the development of heart disease.
(D) It does not consider the possibility that nonsmokers who breathe smoke-filled air at work may become more concerned about their health.
(E) It does not acknowledge that nonsmokers, even those who breathe smoke-filled air at work, are in general healthier than smokers.

IMO E

Argument states that there is no evidence that passive smoking is harmful for healthy non smokers.

A,B,C out of scope.

D states that non smokers are conerned about their health but it doesnot weaken the argument.

E - correct.

IMO B

The argument talks of only healthy non smokers, it doesn't take into account the unhealthy non smokers.
The ban can only be valid if passive smoking doesn't effect both healthy and unhealthy nonsmokers.

My two cents....

I think its B.

Shud be E

B is OOS as we are not concerned about non smokers who are not healthy

OA - B

OA is B and i agree to the OA,
B gives a reason that BAN is neglecting the non healthy non smokers.

E is not relevant here, as smokers and non smokers comparison does not heart the argument, smokers are not even mentioned in the argument