According to the World Health Organization, nearly six million people around the world die each year from tobacco-related causes. Aside from toxic poisons, tobacco is probably the single most lethal substance we can consume. Yet it remains legal, with only age restrictions on its purchase and usage. According to the text, this is because:
A. politically powerful economic elites work against its criminalization.
B. legislative action in this case is constitutionally limited.
C. depriving smokers from gaining access to tobacco could be fatal.
D. tobacco use does not threaten or offend a majority of people in U.S. society.
Answer: A
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