Tabacco/Smoking is considered as risk factor but not cause of cardiovascular disease because?
Ans. is 'c' i.e., Multifactorial causationMost non-communicable chronic disease (e.g., cardiovascular diseases) are the result of multiple causes and rarely there is a simple one-to-one cause-effect relationship.In the absence of a known agent (i.e.- in multiple causes), the term "risk factor (s)" is used to describe ceain factors which are involved in causation of the disease
No temporal association
Long latent period
Multifactorial causation
Less sensitivity