GMAT Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 7

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Newspaper editorial: Those skeptics who wonder whether antismoking programs and smoking bans are producing the desired result – that is, fewer people smoking – need only look at the statistics regarding weight gain in Country X. Quitting smoking has been shown, anecdotally as well as in several studies, to result in weight gain. Therefore, the fact that the average adult weight in Country X is more than it was five years ago, when many government agencies got serious about tackling smoking, is actually a sign that such programs and bans are working.
Which of the following would, if true, most strengthen the editorial’s reasoning?

In the past five years in Country X, new aids for quitting smoking have lessened the likelihood of weight gain among adults who use them
Over the past five years in Country X, the average adult weight of people who never smoked has increased significantly less than the overall average adult weight has
Tracking smoking rates can
be difficult because people do not always accurately report their own smoking behavior
Weight gain has been most severe in areas of Country X where smoking is most prevalent
Bans on smoking in Country X’s restaurants have not decreased the number of people who frequent these restaurants

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