Question

review the fourth paragraph.
and activities in the united states. for example, the food and drug administration now requires chain restaurants, including fast - food establishments, to provide consumers with calorie counts and other nutritional facts about their menu items. fast food is often lacking in nutritional value, leading its customers to develop health problems, in the same vein as tobacco use. people are similarly unable to police themselves when it comes to fast food. calorie labeling has not been shown to actually change consumers behavior; however, since shutting down the fast - food industry is not feasible, increasing awareness is the only real way to protect consumers from their unhealthy choices. the same principle applies for tobacco.
the fourth paragraph is meant to support the authors main claim that an outright ban on tobacco in the united states is not a workable solution to the health problems that tobacco causes. whats wrong with the authors argument in the fourth paragraph?
the author discusses chain restaurants but does not provide equivalent information about independent restaurants.
the author fails to establish why fast - food industry regulation can be compared to tobacco industry regulation.
calorie labeling is not relevant for tobacco products since tobacco is not a food product.
the author wrongly assumes that requiring labels and shutting down the industry are the only possible actions.

Explanation:

The author compares fast - food industry (calorie labeling) to tobacco industry regulation. But fails to justify the comparison. Just because both have health issues (fast - food lack of nutrition, tobacco health risks) doesn't mean regulations (calorie labeling for food vs. what for tobacco) are comparable without proper reasoning.

Answer:

The author fails to establish why fast - food industry regulation can be compared to tobacco industry regulation.