What do nicotine and alcohol consumption have in common? Nicotine and alcohol
A) both remove social inhibitions, which results in increased pleasure.
B) both produce pleasurable effects on the sense organs (tongue, lungs), not the brain.
C) are positively reinforcing, not negatively reinforcing.
D) increase the release of dopamine in the reward circuit of the brain.

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Both nicotine and alcohol consumption increase the release of dopamine in the reward circuit of the brain, which reinforces the behavior and leads to addiction.

What Do Nicotine and Alcohol Consumption Have in Common? Nicotine