abstract:Illicit major is a formal fallacy committed in a categorical syllogism that is invalid because its major term is undistributed in the major premise but distributed in the conclusion.
Illicitcigarettes, which nowaccount for one out ofthreecigarette packs sold in the market, continued topresentamajorchallengeto the legaltobacco industry, itsaid.
The greatest beneficiaries are the major criminal organizations in Mexico and elsewhere that earn billions of dollars annually from this illicit trade and who would rapidly lose their competitive advantage if marijuana were a legal commodity.