is smoking marijuana just as bad for your lungs as cigarette.?
151221
Marijuana is worse for you than cigarettes cause it's green (not dried up) and you don't use a filter. But you usually smoke less of it, so it balances out.\n\nyou could smoke rolled up newspapers or dried up cabbage and it would also be bad for you.
959398
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
995801
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?
764954
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.
63326
they're both bad second hand smoke is worse because most people who are inhaling the second hand smoke aren't ususally smokers, so it affects them more. I recently read a dear abby letter that addressed this question. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20060126/lf_ucda/dangerposedbysecondhandsmokeiscalledintoquestion;_ylt=AvRvjRtt.OVVBMI5k8l73bnNbbUC;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--
884062
Vaporizers have a less harmful effect on your body than smoking regularly.  Because you're not inhaling hot smoke from something being burned but more like warm steam from a humidifier.
100981
Marijuana is less harmful then cigarettes and alcohol,no one has ever gotten cancer from it or any other illness for that matter, the only reason the government will not legalize it is because they make more money from it being illegal. Everytime a big bust is made they take everything, money,cars,homes ect. because they claim these things were bought with the money they made from selling Marijuana, it is not addictive like cigarettes and alcohol and it does not lead to harder drugs, if someone is doing harder drugs it is because they chose to ,not because they may have smoked marijuana first. native americans use to smoke it all the time and they lived to ripe old ages .
426813
affects short term memory, reflexes and attention span is reduced, believe or not marijuana is classified hacillugen drug so it could make you see things(does not happen too often), however is not an addictive drug (no physical dependence but some experience psychological dependence).  There are no long term damage associated with marijuana use, when you stop using all the side effects go away and there is no long term damage.  Some people experience depression after quitting from many years of use, and contrary to popular belief it does not affect the lungs.  In fact some studies show that smoking marijuana offsets the damage produced by cigarette smoke in the lungs.  You can smoke it once in a while, just dont abuse it.
23242
Yes, the health effects of marijuana are no more harmful then tobacco and alchohol.  Personally i would much rather deal with people that are high, then people who are drunk
743405
Because its just as bad as the inhalation if you were smoking the cigarette your self.
65999
Here are some facts about marijuana vs. cigarettes.
790767
Think about it....second hand smoke has been linked to lung cancer. You are inhaling direct nicotine and smoke. Now what do you think? \n\nYes, it can and does cause lung cancer regardless of how little amount you smoke. You are also at a potential risk for bronchitis, emphysema, pneumonia, cystic fibrosis, asthma and more. You'll do yourself good if you quit.
409252
From what I've read, it's a bit of a weird one. In summary:\n\n1. Smoking anything is bad for you, even weed. This has to do with all the weird gases and poisons given off when you burn plant matter.\n2. The chemicals in weed can actually help your body fight cancer.\n3. For some reason, smoking weed on it's own is less carcenogenic (or however you spell it) than tobacco on it's own, but when you smoke them both together, you get something which is MORE carcenogenic than tobacco on it's own.
217515
Actually, marijuana contains cancer-causing agents too. It is not legal in Amsterdam per se, but the laws that prohibit it are not enforced in the 'coffee shops". They'll still bust you if you walk down the street smoking it. They figure its a better idea to tax it and keep it under controlled circumstances than prohibit it and fill up the jails with non-violent offenders.
1027227
Although you have no genetic history, a history of smoking does put you at a more risk level for lung cancer.  Studies have shown that second hand smoke may actually be worse than smoking.  So, by already smoking in the past, you've already exposed your lungs to the carcenigens is tobacco.  Continuing to expose yourself to secondhand smoke puts you at even more risk.
79600
Yes, marijuana should be legal, because the current system of illegalization is unfair. Why are cigarettes, which are proven to be tons more times unhealthy and deadly than marijuana, legal? Cigs kill through a physical addiction as well as a psychological addiction, which means that you actually become physically dependent on the drug and you enjoy how it makes you feel, and therefore you develop the diseases that kill you. On the other hand, marijuana does not cause a physical addiction, but a psychological addiction. So you don't die from weed, and there are very few reports that support the direct disease development of weed that kills you. So why are cigs legal and taxed, but weed isn't? Why don't they just make weed legal, tax the hell out of it so it can benefit the economy, and set an age limit for 21 years-old, just like alcohol. This will benefit everyone, because it will allow taxes for law enforcement to go towards people who are actually committing violent crimes instead of trying to calm down after a hard day by smoking weed. Also, it will stop the violence that erupts over the weed drug war between gangs and thugs. Money will no longer be an issue for the gangs to fight about over the weed.\n\nWe all know why weed is illegal - because the majority of its users are minorities and those in poverty. Sure, there is a fair share of middle and upper class young people who smoke weed, but the majority are those of us in the lower tier of society. If it was made legal, then those in power (the rich, upper class and conservative citizens) would not have as much power over us. Bottom line. Dispute it if you want, but the evidence is clear.\n\nIt's the same thing with why a smaller amount of crack carries a harsher legal penalty than the same amount of pure cocaine. Poor minorities use crack, upper class citizens use pure cocaine.
1145321
Not only do I NOT think it's bad.  I think it's great.  I have been a heavy pot smoker since I was 12.  I graduated in the top of my class in high school, I graduated college at a university, I am 22, work for myself, and make almost $100K/year totally legal, and I'm working on my MBA.  My mom and aunts and uncles have smoked since they were in high school and all have very good jobs, families, and lives.  All my friends in college and right out of college have been smoking with me forever and are all doing great.  It is so much safer and healthier than alcohol.  Someone tell me what is bad about marijuana.  They have even found out recently that the THC actually fights off the cancer causing chemicals in marijuana, so it actually offsets itself as far as cancer goes.  Wow.  And people actually still live so far in the past and think weed is bad.  Come on now, crack is bad, not weed.