New Study Reveals Smoking Cannabis May Be More Harmful To Lungs Than Tobacco
SMOKING CANNABIS – A new study suggests that smoking marij*ana may do more damage to the lungs than cigarettes.
Smoking is viewed by users as a pleasurable and cozy activity. Some individuals may even claim to enjoy smoking. Some view cigarettes as devoted companions who have supported them through the highs and lows of life.
A small Canadian study released on Tuesday suggests that smoking marij*ana may do more damage to the lungs than cigarettes.
Based on a report from Inquirer, researchers from the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital looked at chest X-ray scans of 56 marij*ana smokers, 33 tobacco-only smokers, and 57 non-smokers between 2005 and 2020 in Canada.
Frequent cannabis users had greater rates of airway inflammation and emphysema, a chronic lung condition, than did regular tobacco users and non-users.
Giselle Revah, a radiologist at The Ottawa Hospital, where the research was conducted, told AFP that “Marij*ana smoking is on the rise and there’s a public perception that marijuana is safe, or that it’s safer than (tobacco) cigarettes.”
“But this study raises concerns that this may not be true.”
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According to Giselle Revah, the different ways that the drugs are typically consumed may be the cause of the higher rates of inflammation and disease among cannabis smokers compared to tobacco smokers.
“Marijuana is smoked unfiltered, versus tobacco which is usually filtered,” she said. “When you’re smoking unfiltered marijuana, more particulates are reaching your airways, getting deposited there and irritating your airways.”
“People usually take bigger puffs and hold the smoke in their lungs longer for marijuana, which may lead to more trauma to those air spaces,” she added.
Despite these plausible reasons, the study’s authors noted that some cannabis users also smoked tobacco and that certain lung scans yielded conflicting results, indicating that additional research is required. This study was published in the journal Radiology.
Due to cannabis’ widespread prohibition in most nations, as Revah pointed out, there is very little study on the drug’s general health impacts. Cannabis usage for recreational purposes became legal in Canada in 2018. It is where the researchers are based.
Several other nations and territories have either recently decriminalized possession of the drug or approved it for medicinal use. It is also allowed for recreational use in Uruguay, Mexico, and other nations, as well as in many US states.
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