Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: Media and social perceptions contribute to the prevalence of drug and alcohol use among adolescents. Reason: The portrayal of drug and alcohol use as harmful leads to reduced experimentation among youth.

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Smoking also paves the way to hard drugs. Tobacco has been used by human beings for more than 400 years. It is smoked, chewed or used as a snuff. Tobacco contains a large number of chemical substances including nicotine, an alkaloid. Nicotine stimulates adrenal gland to release adrenaline and nor-adrenaline into blood circulation, both of which raise blood pressure and increase heart rate. Smoking is associated with increased incidence of cancers of lung, urinary bladder and throat, bronchitis, emphysema, coronary