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】During this year, the number of nonsmokers who have begun to use chewing tobacco or snuff is greater than the number of people who have quit smoking