Question

Causal chains (For example: Smoking causes cancer, which causes dyspnea) give rise to ___________________.

Answer 1

Answer:

destroy the lungs.......

Answer 2

Answer:

Causal chains give rise to an effect. It represents a cause and effect relationship.

On one end of the causal chain, we have the root cause and on the other end, we have the symptoms. All the steps in between both the ends are referred to as the intermediate cause.

For example, in the given example, smoking is the root cause, whereas dyspnea is the final symptom. However, cancer in between is an intermediate cause. Here, one event gives rise to the other.