题目选项分析

The tobacco industry is still profitable and projections are that it will remain so. In the United States this year,the total amount of tobacco sold by tobacco-farmers has increased, even though the number of adults whosmoke has decreased.

Each of the following, if true, could explain the simultaneous increase in tobacco sales and decrease in thenumber of adults who smoke EXCEPT:

【选项】The number of teen-age children who have begun to smoke this year is greater than the number of adults who have quit smoking during the same period