Match accordingly : ) minor premise, major premise, conclusion statements: a. the american cancer society has stated that smoking three packs of cigarettes a day reduces life expectancy. b. though americans live in a well-developed country, americans are reducing their life expectancy on a daily basis. c. many americans are addicted to smoking and consume more than three packs of cigarettes a day.

A) is the major premise. It contains the "predicate" of the conclusion. Both the major premise and the conclusion include the term : "reducing life expectancy"

C) Is the minor premise. It relates directly to the major premise and also contains the subject of the conclusion, which is "Americans". 

B) Is the conclusion. It combines the ideas that smoking kills and that Americans are addicted to smoking to assert that smoking is killing Americans. 

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