14 > McGraw-Hill's 500 Macroeconomics Questions
37. Suppose we are told that fewer cartons of cigarettes are being demanded,
regardless of the price of a carton of cigarettes. One explanation for this
trend
may
be that
(A) consumers have a stronger preference for cigarettes
(B) the number of smokers in the market has increased
(C) the cost of producing cigarettes has decreased
(D) the number of firms that produce cigarettes has increased
(E) educational efforts have succeeded in convincing consumers that
cigarettes cause cancer