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Correlation between smoking marijuana and emphysema? |
I know there is a strong correlation between smoking tobacco and emphysema, but what about marijuana? In theory MJ is still smoke, and most people take it deeper into their lungs than tobacco smoke. But I never here of people who have (or had) smoked MJ a lot since they were young and being diagnosed with the disease. Moderate smoking of marijuana appears to pose minimal danger to the lungs. Like tobacco smoke, marijuana smoke contains a number of irritants and carcinogens. But marijuana users typically smoke much less often than tobacco smokers, and over time, inhale much less smoke. As a result, the risk of serious lung damage should be lower in marijuana smokers. There have been no reports of lung cancer related solely to marijuana, and in a large study presented to the American Thoracic Society in 2006, even heavy users of smoked marijuana were found not to have any increased risk of lung cancer. Unlike heavy tobacco smokers, heavy marijuana smokers exhibit no obstruction of the lung's small airway. That indicates that people will not develop emphysema from smoking marijuana. Smoking pot is supposed to be 3 times more harmful to the lungs than tobacco produces, I my self believe that this varies between people. |
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