Either taxes will be imposed on sugary drinks or public health will deteriorate. Therefore, public health will deteriorate, since taxes will not be imposed on sugary drinks.
A) Modus tollens.
B) Modus ponens.
C) Disjunctive syllogism.
D) Invalid.
E) Denying the antecedent.

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This argument is a disjunctive syllogism because it presents two options (either taxes will be imposed on sugary drinks or public health will deteriorate), rejects one (taxes will not be imposed on sugary drinks), and concludes the other must be true (therefore, public health will deteriorate).

Either Taxes Will Be Imposed on Sugary Drinks or Public