Finding That Smoking a Second Cigarette Did Increase Heart Like

question 62

Multiple Choice

Finding that smoking a second cigarette did increase heart like the first cigarette smoke earlier did is an example of which pharmacological effect?

• A) Receptor desensitization
• B) Behavioral tolerance
• C) Acute tolerance.
• D) Activation of the parasympathetic nervous system.

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