A study has found that if a person has participated in a smoking cessation program in his or her lifetime, the person will have a lower life expectancy than a member of the general population. The study concludes that smoking cessation programs lower life expectancy and recommends that no one attend them. Why is the study flawed?

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A)
	Even though participation in a smoking cessation program causes lower life expectancy, there is not a correlation between the two. 	
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B)
	Even though participation in a smoking cessation program causes lower life expectancy, that doesn’t mean that no one should attend one. 	
	

C)
	Even though there is a correlation between participation in a smoking cessation program and lower life expectancy, it is a negative correlation. 	
	

D)
	Even though there is a correlation between participation in a smoking cessation program and lower life expectancy, the former does not likely cause the latter.