Statistics regarding cigarette smoking are anything but encouraging. The Federal Trade Commission recently announced that in 1980 Americans purchased 628.2 billion cigarettes, an appallingly greater number than ever before. The average smoker consumed 11,633 cigarettes, of which 44.8 percent were low-tar cigarettes containing less than 15 milligrams of tar. In 1968 the average tar content was 22 milligrams.
Statistics show average smokers smoke _________.
Select one:
a. less than they did in the past
b. none of the above
c. the same as they did in the past
d. more than they did in the past