Is it just as bad as smoking yourself?
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I agree with milwoodsgal.  And, second hand smoke should definately take a backseat to the drugs being used by people and damaging their brains.  Meth cookers cooking with the kids in the house is also a huge concern.
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It can mess with your head(well duh) but I mean more than just at the moment.  It can cause or make depression worse, it doesn't cause mental disorders but can make them worse.  It kills motivation, causes cancer, causes impotence.  Its emotionally addicting, which can be just as bad as a physical addiction.  What you really have to think about is why do it in the first place, there aren't many reasons to smoke pot other than at the moment it feels good, but there are a lot of reasons not to.  I have smoked pot for years, and honestly I wish I had never started.  I wonder where my life would be if I hadn't.
295940
The worst side effect is that from the point you smoke it everyone knows just how stupid you are!!!\n\nTerry
51845
Wow, so many agressive answers!!!! You guys are such hypocrtits!! How easy it is to point the finger at those whose vices are visible to all. What if everybody knew  your weakness and was allowed to hate you for it?! Do you really think smoking is worse than junk food or alcohol?? Millions of people are sick as a result of an unhealthy diet. What do you wanna do next? Tell us what we are allowed to eat or how much we may drink? \nI agree that smoking should not harm those that are not active smokers but like someone said, smoking in public is already very restricted. I don't  think that passive smoking is a big issue anymore these days.\nHow about a little tolerance and acceptance. Nobody is perfect. We all have our little weaknesses. \nDon't try to tell others how to live their life, it's none of your business.\nBy the way, I'm a non-smoker!!!!
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Simple answer is NO!!! Whatever you smoke,you are introducing,foreign matter,products of combustion,and chemicals into your lungs.As these are very sensitive organs,you stand a very good chance of damaging them very badly.Grit your teeth,kick the habit,and live longer.....................your family deserve that!!!!(By the way,I am an ex-smoker!!!) Cheers mucker, Take it easy,Rob
200405
Well Hookah hurts the "Brain" & Cigarettes hurt the "Lungs" & Pipe Smoke hurts "everyone around you" Like All SMOKE Around you.!Hope I HELPED.If not go to "Tabacco.com
177351
F*uck man - so long as you use responsibly, its no problem.  Smoke on Friday and Saturday nights, then leave it alone - you'll be fine
397547
try not to worry about anything straight away stress will only make you feel worse but you do need to go to the lung specialist and take it from there , im not going to tell you to give up the cigs because i smoke myself it would be good if we could all give up , but good luck i hope it goes well .
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you can get cancer without ever smoking or chewing.  you dont have any more to worry about than before your risky adventure.  Short term usage has only been known to cause retracted testicles.
35209
Yeah, the stuff smokers breath out is worse for us non-smokers, but I have just tried to avoid being around smokers all together.  Don't start smoking, chances are no matter what you will be better off.  Just save yourself the trouble of becoming a smelly smoker.
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I have never honestly tried it but a lot of my family members have and it is a huge family fight right now because some of them DO smoke around their kids.  I just can't imagine ever putting a child at risk like that or being so selfish.\n\nCongrats on you quitting though. That's very admirable.
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Yes Yes Yes 1,000,000 times YES!!!!\n\nAlready answered one like this today, but here goes again...\n\nIt is no worse than alcohol or tobacco,, both of which are LEGAL products.\n\nIt has NEVER caused even ONE death, ever.\n\nContrary to popular belief, it does NOT cause cancer, and it may actually have preventative effects.  (according to a recent study at UCLA, link below)\n\nIt should be legal for adults, just like alcohol and tobacco.\n\n"High" driving would likely still be a crime (even though a new study shows it is not a factor in driving accidents, link below) \n\nPot smokers are non-violent.  The most they'd do is eat all the food out of your fridge.\n\nMOST pot smokers can use it responsibly.  It is not physically addictive.  SOME people might become psychologically addicted, but these people are more susceptible to addiction and would likely become alcoholics or addicts of something else.\n\nThat enough reasons for everyone?
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Yes its still bad.  What happens is that heat stays in your mouth.  Your mouth isn't meant to have that mush heat.  Instead of getting lung cancer you could potentially get mouth cancer.  Also the cigarette toxins still stays in your mouth and you will end up swallowing them into your stomach.  This will get into your digestive track and that's not good.  In essence it is all most the same thing as someone who chews, but with more heat.
477849
If you don't like it, don't smoke it.\nIf you don't like someone else smoking it, then try learning about it.\nIt's not very harmful - the biggest danger by far is from the police state!
62994
If you drink too much Alcohol, you become labeled an Alcoholic. But that doesn't affect me unless you get behind the wheel of a car...\n\nAs for Cigarettes, they just make you stink,(especially when I have to walk through it on my way into the mall, grocery store, drug store, etc...) and the smoke then pollutes the air, my lungs, my friends lungs, family, pets, etc... Who cares about what the smoker is doing to themselves!\n\nSo, I'd have to say they both rank as the same evils in my book.
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Somking is stupid because it is basically a slower form of suicide. You will eventually die from it and everyone who does smoke always says "Yeah, I know I should quit," or "I should have quit a long time ago."  Also, smokers stink, their teeth get dull and yellow, their hair gets brittle, they cough up blood. It is just disgusting.  No, I don't smoke
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I think they're both about equally harmful.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meth#Side_effects\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette#Contents_and_health_effects