GMAT Verbal Reasoning Practice Test 1

Question : 96 of 100

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Many people claim that advertisements of alcoholic drinks influence young people to start drinking socially. In Iceland, however, where there has been a ban on the advertisement of alcoholic beverages since 1982, drinking is at least as prevalent among young people as it is in countries that do not have a similar ban. Which of the following statements draws the most reliable conclusion from the information above?

Advertising does not play a role in causing young people to start or continue drinking.
Advertisements of alcoholic drinks cannot be the only factor that affects the prevalence of drinking among young people.
Banning advertisements of alcoholic drinks does not reduce the consumption of alcoholic drinks.
More youths drink if they are not exposed to advertisements of alcoholic drinks than if they are.
Most youths who drank in 1982 did not stop when the ban on advertisements of alcoholic drinks was implemented

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