During a television interview,Dr.Ima Quack provides the following statement,"Most Americans suffer from nutritional-deficiency diseases and will develop cancer within the next 10 years because they are not taking my megavitamin formula therapy." Dr.Quack's statement is an example of a(n)______.
A)scare tactic
B)personal observation
C)medical hypothesis
D)intuitive deduction

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Dr. Quack's statement uses scare tactics to convince people to take her megavitamin formula therapy by causing them to fear developing cancer within the next 10 years if they don't take it. This type of manipulation is a common tactic used in advertising and is often unethical in the medical profession. There is no evidence to support Dr. Quack's claim that most Americans suffer from nutritional-deficiency diseases and will develop cancer within the next 10 years without her specific therapy.

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