C Most consumers were unaware that the tax on cigarettes was going toincrease.

D During the year following the cigarette tax increase, many consumershad less income, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than they had had in theprevious year. 

E During the year after the tax increase, there was a greater varietyof cigarettes on the market than there had been during the previous year.

最终答案B，也就是税增长的前后一年人们对吸烟有害健康这件事了解程度没有改变，听上去好像跟原文一点关系没有，可答案偏偏就是听上去最不知所云的这一个。

在SC题中，一个特别容易犯的错误思维，就是加强选项是建立结论的完整推理，削弱选项是推翻结论的推理过程。这种都是所谓的“百分百情结”，非要追求完美选项。

即使是RC，阅读，里面的选项比较也存在着绝对的排除，与相对的比较这两者的差异问题。也就是说，各位考生在面对选项时，要尽量优化比较的过程，按照风险大小来排序罪行的高低，进而选出错误概率最小，与问题要求最接近的那一个作为答案。