Select the fallacy or bad argument technique which occurs in the following argument: There's conclusive evidence that smoking causes cancer. So if you don't smoke, you won't get cancer.
A) False dilemma
B) Inversion of cause and effect
C) Ad hominem
D) Post hoc ergo propter hoc

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This argument uses inversion of cause and effect. It assumes that if smoking causes cancer, then not smoking must prevent cancer, which is not necessarily true. There could be other factors that contribute to the development of cancer besides smoking.

Select the Fallacy or Bad Argument Technique Which Occurs in the Following