What type of noun is the word 'newspaper'?

“newspaper” is a common noun.

Explanation: there are common nouns and proper nouns. Common nouns name objects, animals, ideas, things, while proper nouns are used for people’s names.

Example: “chair” is a common noun, whereas “Mary” is a proper noun. All nouns are either common or proper.

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.