A health food company has the following statement on their new product packaging: "Prevents all types of cancer!" (Fact: Past studies have shown that some ingredients in the new product have been...

Extracted text: A health food company has the following statement on their new product packaging: "Prevents all types of cancer!" (Fact: Past studies have shown that some ingredients in the new product have been known to possibly reduce the risk of many types of cancer). Would this be an application of descriptive or inferential statistics? What's your comments on this statement?