Week of September 10 - September 16: #2

When the Joe Camel ads for Camel cigarettes were first introduced, Dr. Antonia Novello (Medical Problem Solver) saw a correlation with the increase of children and teens smoking. By using inductive reasoning, she put together that viewing these ads and being exposed to them are most likely why children and teens have gotten into smoking. This is labeled as inductive reasoning because Dr. Novello wasn't 100% sure that it was the ads that caused more children and teens to smoke; it is a conclusion that probably follows the premises. Even knowing that these events may not be related, Dr. Novello still decided to work to educate the children and teens in school about smoking. She also worked to ban cigarette ads that targeted youth. Although nobody knows if those ads really did make children want to smoke more, Dr. Novello chose to not take the risk of ignoring it. This changed many children's lives.