A survey of American adults found that many wrongly believe it is safer for the lungs to smoke weed than tobacco, and that any secondhand smoke from marijuana is also safer
Is inhaling marijuana smoke safer than inhaling smoke from tobacco? A majority of American adults say yes, according to a new survey, and they also believe there is less harm to adults and children from secondhand marijuana smoke than tobacco smoke. However, those beliefs are just not true, said lead study author Dr. Beth Cohen, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and co-director of UCSF’s program in residency investigation methods and epidemiology.
Historically it has been difficult to study cannabis use because weed has been illegal — and still is — in many states. In addition, the federal government historically had very strict regulations on how marijuana could be studied. That began to ease, and with the legalization of cannabis for recreational use in many states, more researchers are now exploring the consequences of the habitual use of weed.
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