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tributed in the United States to carry a health warning, and since 1970
this warning is made in the name of the Surgeon General. In 1969,
cigarette advertising on television and radio was banned, effective Sep-
tember 1970.
196.
The primary purpose of the passage is to
a.
show the mounting evidence of the deleterious health conse-
quences of smoking.
b.
explain why the Kennedy administration called for a national
commission on smoking.
c.
describe the government’s role in protecting public health.
d.
show the significance of the 1964 Surgeon General’s report.
e.
account for the emergence of anti-smoking movements in
twentieth-century United States.
197.
In line 1, 
preoccupied
most nearly means