1. (1) Cigarette consumption could be easily reduced by simply outlawing tailormade cigarettes. (2) The manufacture of tailor-made cigarettes to American standards is a high-tech industry. (3) It cannot be done in small illicit labs like the processing of PCP, cocaine, or heroin. (4) The availability of quality tobacco for hand rolling would discourage the development of an illegal tailor-made market. (5) Most people would not pay the premium prices demanded by an illicit market for a product of unknown quality. (6) They could roll a high-quality product for themselves. (7) Truly addicted persons would continue to smoke no matter how inconvenient. But 8 most would give it up as too much bother before it became a deeply ingrained habit.
2. (1) Flesh food is not a necessity in the human diet, as (2) nutritionally adequate alternatives are readily available. (3) Many people in the world thrive on a nonmeat diet. (4) Indeed, vegetarian Seventh-Day Adventists in this country live an average of six years longer than their meat-eating counterparts. (5) The National Academy of Science warns that our fat-laden diet is directly responsible for much of the heart disease and cancer that afflict so many. (6) At a time when people are starving in certain parts of the world, it should be noted that a steer must consume sixteen pounds of grain and soy to produce one pound of meat. (7) The grain and soybeans we feed our meat-producing animals would feed every hungry mouth in the world many times over. (8) Cattle are competing with humans for food. (9) Clearly, a reassessment of the whole concept of killing and eating animals is in order.
3. (1) The argument has been made that to cut down on teenage drunk driving we should increase the federal excise tax on beer. (2) Such a measure, however, would almost certainly fail to achieve its intended result. (3) Teenagers are notoriously insensitive to cost. (4) They gladly accept premium prices for the latest style in clothes or the most popular albums. And then, (5) those who drink and drive already risk arrest and loss of driving privileges. (6) They would not think twice about paying a little more for a six-pack. Finally, (7) the situation is not as bleak as it has been made to appear. (8) The fatality rate for teenage drivers is lower today than it has been in years.
The following arguments gradually increase in difficulty. Use the method presented in this section to construct argument patterns. If a statement is redundant or plays no role in the argument, do not include it in the pattern.