• aidan@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    There’s a lot of research disagreeing

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    The reality is no, cannabis probably doesn’t block carcinogens. Nor is it more harmful to your lungs than tobacco. But it’s not really clear that it’s less harmful than a filtered cigarette. I think it is probably a bit healthier of a habit just in that people usually smoke much lower quantities. But if you take a smoker and stoner each smoking 10 times a day they’re both at a higher risk of lung complications than non-smokers. Also importantly, cannabis is not chemically addictive (it definitely can be an addiction though) whereas nicotine very much so is.

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      11 months ago

      It’s also just not at all the same thing.

      An aircraft mechanic can’t just go out on his five minute break and smoke a j and go back to it.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah, maybe one small hit at best. Who’s smoking 10 joints in a day, wtf?