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frosja888 [35]
3 years ago
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Nicotine is a drug found in cigarettes that causes blood vessels to constrict. why would a person with a family history of hyper

tension want to avoid smoking? nicotine increases blood pressure to unsafe levels. nicotine decreases blood pressure to unsafe levels. nicotine increases blood volume to unsafe levels. nicotine decreases blood volume to unsafe levels.
Biology
2 answers:
Anestetic [448]3 years ago
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Ans.

Nicotine is an alkaloid compound that causes increase in blood pressure. Nicotine makes blood vessels narrow that leads to increase in pressure of walls of blood capillaries. It causes a rise in average blood pressure and faster heart beats.

A person with a family history of hypertension would avoid the smoking as nicotine present in cigarettes increases the blood pressure, which is dangerous.

Thus, the correct answer is 'option). nicotine increases blood volume to unsafe levels.'


shusha [124]3 years ago
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Nicotine increases blood pressure to unsafe levels.
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