Which of the Following Statements About Nicotine Is FALSE

question 70

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about nicotine is FALSE?

• A)When cigarette smoke is inhaled, nicotine reaches the brain in a matter of seconds.
• B)In people who regularly use tobacco products, nicotine enhances mood, attention, and arousal.
• C)Because the nicotine in cigarette smoke and other tobacco products produces relaxation, nicotine is technically classified as a depressant.
• D)Nicotine activates a variety of brain areas, including the frontal lobes, the thalamus, and the hippocampus.

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric about its mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Sampling Distribution

The likelihood distribution associated with a particular statistic derived from a random sample.

Simple Random Samples

Samples drawn in such a way that every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected, ensuring that the sample represents the population well.

Proportion

A statistic that measures the fraction of the total number of items in a set that are of a particular category or characteristic.