Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue."Don't believe his arguments about the dangers of smoking tobacco. I saw him smoking just last week."

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Ad hominem.

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