The Relationship Between Smoking and Premature Mortality Is

The relationship between smoking and premature mortality is:

A) positive-the greater a person smokes, the greater the likelihood that he or she will die prematurely.
B) negative-the greater a person smokes, the lower the likelihood that he or she will die prematurely.
C) random-there is no statistical relationship between the amount a person smokes and the likelihood of dying prematurely.
D) unknown.
E) none of the above.