Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)? 

Context:

She did not care for him , and anyhow he , Jed , had a little too much pride to ask her , a rich woman , to marry him , a poor man who had lost all caste he ever possessed by taking up tin-peddling .<br>Jed was determined not to `` persoom . ''<br>And , oh , how deliciously romantic it all was !

Hypothesis: Jed was poor because he smoked five packs of cigarettes a day.
Select from the following.
 +Yes.
 +It's impossible to say.
 +No.