If there were something genetic which made people simultaneously more susceptible to both smoking and lung cancer, that would be an instance of
A) causation.
B) common response.
C) the placebo effect.
D) confounding.

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This situation describes a common response, where a genetic factor leads to both an increased likelihood of smoking and an increased likelihood of developing lung cancer. This is not an example of causation, as one factor (genetics) is not directly causing the other (smoking or lung cancer). It is also not an example of the placebo effect, as that refers to an improvement in symptoms due to a belief in a treatment, not a genetic factor. Confounding refers to a situation where a third variable affects the relationship between two other variables, which is not the case here.

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