Smoking cannabis is just as bad as 20 cigarettes

Posted in Cannabis, Smoking, Cancer on February 1, 2008

The smoke from a cannabis cigarette (joint) carries the same cancer risk as that of 20 cigarettes. The more often someone smokes cannabis, the greater the risk for lung cancer.

That smoking cannabis is more dangerous than smoking normal tobacco was already known, but researchers in New Zealand have proved exactly how dangerous. Those test subjects that have smoked a joint daily for more than 10 years, or 2 per day for 5 years, have 5,7 times higher risk for lung cancer than the subjects who didn’t smoke.

The smoke from a joint is just as unhealthy as the smoke of 20 cigarettes. There is more ammonia, nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen oxide in the smoke of cannabis than there is in smoke of cigarettes.

The results of the study were published in the European Respiratory Journal. In total more than 80 users were examined. Other factors, like lifestyle and health history were also taken into account when compiling the results.

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3 Responses to “Smoking cannabis is just as bad as 20 cigarettes”

bad smoking said on February 29th, 2008 at 1:34 pm:
yes buddy,it too dangerous to the smokers as well as surrounded environment which behind his.I gone through one site which is all about bad smoking
antonio brandao said on March 30th, 2010 at 12:16 pm:
There’s nothing different between a marijuana joint and a cigarette, except for the absence of the typical cigarette’s filter. Therefore in the joint, all gases and toxins come through making it 20 times worse for the lungs. That applies to any smokable thing without a filter.
Luna said on June 20th, 2010 at 4:57 am:
I just thought I’d post some things for you to think about. http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/#tobacco marijuana use is actually been proven to be far safer than tobacco smoke and the only way that scientists can kill a rat with Marijuana is by using its weight to crush it. Every lie, every myth has been disproved by scientists over the last 50 years or so. There is no ammonia in marijuana smoke because most growers of weed do not add anything to it. It’s natural! Whereas with the tobacco companies, they are adding more and more chemicals to the cigarettes. Of course, setting anything on fire and inhaling the fumes is dangerous, but it’s been proven over and again that your one study that one joint is as harmful as 20 cigarettes is merely another scare tactic and more junk science to ruin hemp and marijuana. http://www.perkel.com/politics/issues/pot.htm I think you should do a little more digging around and find out the real truth for yourself. They are realizing there is something called Cannabis deficiency! Hemp oil can cure cancer (youtube Rick Simpson) and we spend billions of tax payers dollars on fighting a war on a drug that is the biggest cash crop in the world, more people smoke marijuna than ever before. We could use hemp as a new fuel source, to make bricks and paper, to make clothing. It helps sufferers of ADD/ADHD, those who suffer from glaucoma, AIDS and cancer patients benefit from smoking. And please tell me why there are cannabinoid receptors in the human brain?? All these things equal a plant that is amazing and has so many health and ecological benefits, one has to ask, why is it still illegal???

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I know this was written awhile back, but I thought I’d share some of the incredible things I’ve been discovering over the last year about Marijuana and hemp.