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Despite Knowing the Harmful Effects of Vaping, a Student Smokes

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Despite knowing the harmful effects of vaping, a student smokes several e-cigarettes a day. As the student is about to smoke a cigarette, they hesitate but smokes it, thinking, "Uncle John is 84 years old and a chain smoker; he is in good health, so smoking won't kill me either." The student has reduced mental tension using ___________.


Definitions:

Meiosis

A type of cell division that results in four daughter cells each with half the number of chromosomes of the parent cell, essential for sexual reproduction.

Fertilization

The process by which a sperm cell combines with an egg cell to form a zygote, marking the beginning of a new organism's development.

Heritability

A measure of how much of the variation in a particular trait within a population can be attributed to genetic differences among individuals.

Dominant-Recessive Inheritance

A genetic transmission pattern where an inherited trait is dictated by the presence of just one dominant gene, overshadowing a recessive gene when both are present.

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