How bad is this for your lungs?

[brian965]

I know how a joint is equal to 5 cigarettes and that crap, but lately I've been smoking using my gravity bong :D I usually only take one or two hits on it and I'll be out of it, i was wondering if this is not as bad as a joint because it's only like one or two hits, if you use a bong does the water help make the smoke not as bad?

[Ghengis Chron]

Smoking ANYTHING is bad for your lungs. Just use your judgment.

[hreskofreight4]

i thought 1 joint was 7 cigarettes?

[lildicedan]

how can that be? weed isnt that bad is it? 7 cigerretes, i reckon thats an exagerattion, a way to stop people from smoking the herb

[Nation_1ne]

how can that be? weed isnt that bad is it? 7 cigerretes, i reckon thats an exagerattion, a way to stop people from smoking the herb

Yeah I can't say I've ever heard that before.

[cannabis campbell]

Its not as bad as a full joint put it that way but then again it depends doesnt it..

You might put shit loads of weed in your bong (depending how big your bowl is 2grams for example)

and might only make 1 gram joints..

[hreskofreight4]

it was on one of those ridiculous anti smoking commercials a few years ago i think.

[killerweed420]

No such thing as a joint being worse than a cigarette.Look at all the crap they put in a cigarette besides tabacco. The filter is the only thing about a cigarette that is more healthy than a joint.

[Gundari]

Marijuana has more tar in it than a cigarette does (im not sure of the exact numbers), however this is how i look at it. How many people you know that smoke a pack of weed a day?

also ignore it whenever someone spouts "it has this many carcinogenic chemicals in it blah blah blah" Coffee vapor, ie coffee smell has over 800 carcinogenic chemicals in it.

[killerweed420]

The killerweed rhetoric has been going on forever. Ever substance on the planet is dangerous if not used in moderation. Including water.

[Storm Crow]

Read!
Cancer Killer
Latest News - U.S. War on Drugs Stalling Mind-Blowing Research into Pot's Cancer-Healing Properties (http://www.november.org/stayinfo/breaking2/CancerKiller.html)

Marijuana Smoking Found Non-Carcinogenic
Medical News: ATS: Marijuana Smoking Found Non-Carcinogenic - in Hematology/Oncology, Lung Cancer Source: MedPage Today (http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/LungCancer/tb/3393)


Cannabis Smoke and Cancer: Assessing the Risk - NORML (http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6891)

Cannabis and tobacco smoke are not equally carcinogenic
Cannabis and tobacco smoke are not equally carcinogenic (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1277837)

Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer
US: Web: Study: Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer (http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n1065/a03.html)

Now, hit the link in my sig and REALLY get an education! - Granny:hippy:

[silkyblue]

cigarretts cause cancer Im sure crank and coke is healthy huh? Lets rake some nasty ass drugs over the colas!

smokeing herbs do not cause cancer

I have a friend that smokes sage

its not too bad ~~

[Storm Crow]

Silky, many Native Americans (and many others) smudge with sage. In the process, you breathe in the sage smoke. It is said to purify you. And there is a REALLY old English saying (translated from old English) "If you want to live forever, drink sage tea." It also, if I remember right, has antiseptic properties. - Granny:hippy:

[MadSativa]

they had sage in england?????????? in the olden days???????????????

[burnable]

I believe that whether a joint is equivalent to x amount of cigarettes is irrelevant. It's easier for the lungs to recover and clean themselves from mj smoke because of a specific property of thc. However, smoking 10 joints a day seems like it would be just as hard on the lungs as 10 cigarettes. Joints themselves are harsher, cuz of burning paper, hot and unfiltered smoke. A gravity bong would at least cool the smoke. And yes, regular bongs do quite a bit to remove carcinogens and provide a healthier toke. that's why bong water smells so godawful; there's nothing but impurities in it, none of the thc gets trapped in the water because it's not soluble

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

From the numbers I read, cannabis seems to have about 20% more tar. The numbers are so all over the place it's hard to know what to believe. In junior high we were told that one cannabis joint is equal to 8 cigs, while I've heard other numbers ranging from 1 1/2 cigs, 3, 5, 6, etc. What they fail to mention though, is that these exagerated numbers are largely based on the fact that cigarettes are filtered and joints are not. The actual content in the plant itself has little difference.

As for toxins, the Erowid carcinogen and toxin guide seemed to suggest about an average 30% less in cannabis.

The biggest weapon of anti-weed propogandists seems to be it's "cancer-causing properties". They cite the somewhat higher amount of carcinogens, blow them way out of proportion, and lie to the public in an attempt to make us believe those carcinogens are the only thing causing the cancer. I'm pretty rusty on the knowledge since it's been years since I read up on it, but all the recent studies seem to indicate that tobacco company's radioactive additives are actually much more cancer-causing then the carcinogens themselves.

They also fail to mention, of course, that many of the cannabinoids in weed posess some of the most potent anti-cancer properties known to man. Incredibly, they use their classic backward causation arguments to claim weed is the ultimate cancer causer. I read one anti-cannabis cite that claimed 90% of people with cancer got cancer because they smoke weed. The reverse-causation comes in with their statistic that "90% of people polled, who had cancer, said they used cannabis. Therefor, cannabis caused 90% of the cancer cases". It's bizarre really, completely ignoring the fact that marijuana alleviates many symptoms of cancer and chemo therapy more effectively than other medications. Patients would, therefor, of course use cannabis after getting cancer!

[DurbanStone]

You're fine bro :)

[420_24/7]

Now, hit the link in my sig and REALLY get an education!:hippy:

Granny, Im gonna do that sometime when i have several weeks of free time, lol

[Agressor1]

I don't think it was clarified how much was in the "typical marijuana joint".
I hate statistics.

[mseerob]

Taken from the House of Lords Report on the Erowid.org website.

Erowid Cannabis Vault : House of Lords Report (http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/uk_lords_report/ToxicEffects.shtml)

If you scroll down to section 4:17 it states...

Cannabis smoke contains all of the toxic chemicals present in tobacco smoke (apart from nicotine), with greater concentrations of carcinogenic benzanthracenes and benzpyrenes It has been estimated (BMA p 11) that smoking a cannabis cigarette (containing only herbal cannabis) results in approximately a five.fold greater increase in carboxy.haemoglobin concentration[12], a three.fold greater increase in the amount of tar inhaled, and a retention in the respiratory tract of one third more tar, than smoking a tobacco cigarette.

I now believe that smoking cannabis is just as bad as cigerattes or even worst for the lungs and the brain too. Its either this.

1. Smoke once in awhile and not everyday.
2. Use a vaporizer.
3. Use it for baked goods.

Not trying to bash on cannabis fellas but please believe. Regardless of what any pot users believe its very harmful towards the health (if smoked)

Bad enough for me to of sold the volcano vaporizer but I dont care only because I dont smoke weed much anymore for health reason. I do like to kick back roll a spliff ans blaze but once in awhile as I believe a spliff every now and then won't hurt.

[burnable]

"Cannabis resin, the most commonly used form of cannabis in the United Kingdom, is often smoked mixed with tobacco, thus adding the well-documented risks of exposure to tobacco smoke, while complicating the picture for the researcher."

why did you leave this portion of the paragraph off? I don't deny the legitimacy of the study, but the researchers have a hard time getting genuine test samples because so many cannabis smokers also smoke cigarettes.

"New research on this subject is constantly coming forward, so this cannot be said to be the last word on it."

I hope your dogma is not a direct result of the article, but you kinda indicated as such. Either way, you're smart to be moderate and use vaporizers.:thumbsup:

[606x808x303x420]

just slow down when you start to get a cough or something...

[LaidZeppelin]

ok i smoked cigarettes lightly for a month and when i played hockey i felt like shit and my lungs wanted to explode......no cigs and smoke weed almost everyday before i go to bed...lungs fine and I feel great running and doing all that shit...weed is much less harmful than cigs.

[expandingeye]

I agree about it not being as bad as cigarrettes for the lungs. as many scientific studies have backed this up, i believe mostly due to all the other bad things in cigs.

Though about water pipes i was sorry to read this article on canorml. I still use waterpipes because they are fun but apparently they are less effective and actually filter out more thc/cannabinoids than tar. As well as creating even more tar then if not used through water i believe it states:

"The California NORML/MAPS Smoking Device Study

[Article by Dale Gieringer printed in MAPS Newsletter, 1996; revised Nov., 1999]

Disappointingly, waterpipes performed uniformly worse than the unfiltered joint. The least bad waterpipe, the bong, produced 30% more tar per cannabinoids than the unfiltered joint.

This suggests that water filtration is actually counterproductive, apparently because water tends to absorb THC more readily than other, noxious tars.

The study results are obviously discomforting to waterpipe enthusiasts, many of whom prefer the cooler, milder smoke they produce, and have naturally assumed it is also more healthful. Unfortunately, however, the study indicates that waterpipes may actually be counterproductive in increasing consumption of carcinogenic tars.

Nonetheless, it is still premature to judge that waterpipes are actually unhealthful, since they may filter out other, non-solid smoke toxins occurring in the gas phase of the smoke, which was not analyzed in the study. Noxious gases known to occur in marijuana smoke include hydrogen cyanide, which incapacitates the lung's defensive cilia; volatile phenols, which contribute to the harshness of the taste; aldehydes, which promote cancer; and carbon monoxide, a known risk factor in heart disease. Previous studies indicate that water filtration may be quite effective in absorbing some of these"

^^^some of the article if anyone was interested, link wasnt really working.

[Biggins]

Here are a bunch of tidbits that have been in The Lancet, the world's leading independent medical SCIENTIFIC journal. The old "1 joint is equal to 10 cigarettes" thing was claimed on the amount taken in 1 hit of weed vs 1 hit of a cigarette combined with the length at which one holds each in their lungs, obviously weed being held in longer. It is a bogus media scare though.

In 1997, Tashkin and colleagues[ 18] reported that the rate of decline in respiratory function over 8 years among marijuana smokers did not differ from that in non-smokers. This finding contrasted with that of a follow-up of the Tucson cohort,[ 19] in which there was a greater rate of decline in respiratory function among marijuana-only smokers than in tobacco-only smokers and additive effects of tobacco and marijuana smoking. Both studies showed that long-term cannabis smoking increased bronchitic symptoms.

The safety of marijuana also needs additional clarification. The fact that marijuana has not been shown to produce serious health effects in casual users who tend to be young and healthy does not mean it will be devoid of adverse consequences in ill patients or in at-risk populations who may use marijuana on a continual basis. Long-term inhalation of marijuana smoke has adverse consequences on the lung,[ 8] potential for suppression of the immune system,[ 9] and abstinence symptoms on cessation.[ 10] Nadia Solowij and colleagues, in an observational study, now report impairment of cognitive function in long-term heavy cannabis users.[ 11]

The smoking of cannabis, even long term, is not harmful to health. Yet this widely used substance is illegal just about everywhere. There have been numerous calls over the years for the legalisation, or at least decriminalisation, of soft drugs, among which cannabis remains the most popular with all social groups. In this highly contentious area, the Dutch attitude has often been mentioned as the voice of sanity. In the Netherlands, customers of coffee shops can buy up to 30 g of cannabis for about [alpha]10 ($15) although the drug is technically illegal. The shops are not allowed to advertise, or to sell cannabis to individuals aged under 16 years.



My father has used marijuana for roughly 40 years, daily, and since he quit smoking cigarettes earlier this year I haven't heard him cough like he used to when smoking the tobacco. He is still a genius and hasn't shown any signs of mentally slowing down either. So I don't see anything wrong with it!

[420_24/7]

Taken from the House of Lords Report on the Erowid.org website.

Erowid Cannabis Vault : House of Lords Report (http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/uk_lords_report/ToxicEffects.shtml)

If you scroll down to section 4:17 it states...

Cannabis smoke contains all of the toxic chemicals present in tobacco smoke (apart from nicotine), with greater concentrations of carcinogenic benzanthracenes and benzpyrenes It has been estimated (BMA p 11) that smoking a cannabis cigarette (containing only herbal cannabis) results in approximately a five.fold greater increase in carboxy.haemoglobin concentration[12], a three.fold greater increase in the amount of tar inhaled, and a retention in the respiratory tract of one third more tar, than smoking a tobacco cigarette.

I now believe that smoking cannabis is just as bad as cigerattes or even worst for the lungs and the brain too. Its either this.

1. Smoke once in awhile and not everyday.
2. Use a vaporizer.
3. Use it for baked goods.

Not trying to bash on cannabis fellas but please believe. Regardless of what any pot users believe its very harmful towards the health (if smoked)

Bad enough for me to of sold the volcano vaporizer but I dont care only because I dont smoke weed much anymore for health reason. I do like to kick back roll a spliff ans blaze but once in awhile as I believe a spliff every now and then won't hurt.

That may be true, but I think there must be some other factors in play, because nobody has ever died from cannabis. I would think if its really that bad there would at least be some documented case of a death caused solely by cannabis.

[mseerob]

That may be true, but I think there must be some other factors in play, because nobody has ever died from cannabis. I would think if its really that bad there would at least be some documented case of a death caused solely by cannabis.

I never once said it causes death. What i was trying to point out is that smoking weed is really harmful to the lungs and damages them.

[420_24/7]

Let me ask you, do you believe that cigarettes have killed people?
If cannabis has the same carcinogens on such a high level would it not also kill people, there are some people who smoke a whole lot of weed daily. I think there must be some other variables that have not yet been studied.

[Biggins]

I've never heard of arsenic in weed but I have in cigarettes. Its only the most toxic substance to man.

[RollaBone]

I know for a fact that Bongs can be hazardous, especially Gravity Bongs. My buddy popped his lung, it wasn't a pretty site. But, as far as it taking out the tar and all the other crap, it might a little but rather a Bone than a Bong.:rasta:

[RollaBone]

I know how a joint is equal to 5 cigarettes and that crap, but lately I've been smoking using my gravity bong :D I usually only take one or two hits on it and I'll be out of it, i was wondering if this is not as bad as a joint because it's only like one or two hits, if you use a bong does the water help make the smoke not as bad?
I know for a fact that Bongs can be hazardous, especially Gravity Bongs. My buddy popped his lung, it wasn't a pretty site. But, as far as it taking out the tar and all the other crap, it might a little but rather a Bone than a Bong.:rasta:

[420_24/7]

I know for a fact that Bongs can be hazardous, especially Gravity Bongs. My buddy popped his lung, it wasn't a pretty site. But, as far as it taking out the tar and all the other crap, it might a little but rather a Bone than a Bong.:rasta:

Ive not heard the term bone, but i assume it means joint, lots of people don't like joints because they waste weed, and I dont see how it would be possible to pop a lung with a normal bong because it doesn't force the smoke into your lungs

[RollaBone]

Ive not heard the term bone, but i assume it means joint, lots of people don't like joints because they waste weed, and I dont see how it would be possible to pop a lung with a normal bong because it doesn't force the smoke into your lungs
(Gravity Bongs not bongs)You try using a 3 liter pepsi bottle with a bucket of water, its risky, believe me.

You never heard that Rush song roll the bones?

[420_24/7]

Then you have to have enough sense to know how much you can hold.

[FlyGuyOU]

I've heard somewhere that a joint will make you: want to kill people, rape white women, kills, destroy your families, corrupts elections, cause 9/11, is bigfoot, and is the number one reason for global warming

Through my own highly scientific research I've found that weed causes 1)sleepyness 2)hunger 3)general feeling of well-being

[420_24/7]

is bigfoot

LMFAO:S2:

[RollaBone]

Sure your right, but in my buddy's case he had his head pushed down while hittin. Had some crazy friends back in the day. Just a warning to our younger generation. Bongs are great with snow or ice but just a precaution with gravity bongs.

[niljack]

it doesnt matter the fact is cigarettes are addictive and weed isnt.

[FlyGuyOU]

good job on resurecting a dead thread niljack

[talktostrangers]

I always wonder if something is wrong with me... :wtf:
My friend that I live with smokes just as much as me... she smokes cigars, cigarettes, and hookah all the time but I constantly have a shitty cough and sometimes mucus