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sToNeDpEnGuIn420
10-10-2005, 06:55 PM
Okay well ive had asthma ever since i was a little kid. Ive been smoking for about a year and a half now. I started out only smoking a few times a week, then a gram a day, then 2, then up to 4, now back to 2. I know its really bad with my asthma, because i constantly have to use my inhalers everyday. Im only suppose to use one for emergiencies and the other twice a day. I use the emergency one like twice a day and the other one twice a day. I still weez all the time. Am i going to get lung cancer? I just love smoking the herb, but im kinda worried about my health. Is there anything i can do other then eating it, or vaporizing it? I really dont want to have to quit, or cut back anymore then i did. Any support, or advice, or anything appricated.

Thanks, penguin :D
Az.
10-10-2005, 07:05 PM
hello :)
asthma and lung cancer are completly unrelated....imagine a person with asthma and a person without....smoke the same amount for years and years....they have the same chance of getting cancer.....its completly about your cells and genetics

Cancer is one of the risks of smoking....if you dont want to get cancer don smoke.....although you can still get cancer (from a zillion things nowadays...so....lol)

as for other methods of using weed....i would have to say eating it or vap'ing it are the best (safest) way....as far as i know.....

Sorry not really much help but......there you go :)
sToNeDpEnGuIn420
10-10-2005, 07:07 PM
hello :)
asthma and lung cancer are completly unrelated....imagine a person with asthma and a person without....smoke the same amount for years and years....they have the same chance of getting cancer.....

Cancer is one of the risks of smoking....if you dont want to get cancer don smoke.....although you can still get cancer (from a zillion things nowadays...so....lol)

as for other methods of using weed....i would have to say eating it or vap'ing it are the best (safest) way....as far as i know.....
Okay well i wasn't sure if because i had asthma my chances increased or not. Do you know any complications that could come up because i have asthma and i smoke this much amount of weed?(2 grams a day, usually in a glass pipe)
Az.
10-10-2005, 07:11 PM
heres a paragraph or two that sums it up and a link to the site i found it from

Effects of tobacco smoke on asthmatics
The link between tobacco smoke and asthma has been the subject of many epidemiological studies and research programmes, in the UK and overseas. Active smokers and non-smokers exposed to passive smoking, (also known as environmental tobacco smoking or ETS) have been found to be adversely affected.


Recent research from Finland has shown that passive smoking plays a role in the development of adult asthma. Researchers found that subjects exposed to tobacco smoke in the workplace were twice as likely to develop asthma as those who were not exposed.[6]

Health effects for adult asthmatics include: asthma attacks; increased sensitivity and reduced lung function; irritation of the eyes, nose and throat.[7]


Most asthmatics develop a narrowing of the airways in response to small amounts of a stimuli (e.g. dust, pollen, animal skin) that triggers their condition ?? the more severe the asthma, the more the airways will react.[8] Research carried out by the National Asthma Campaign showed that tobacco smoke is a trigger of asthma attacks in almost 80 per cent of people with asthma.[9]


One study has shown how exposure to cigarette smoke for just one hour caused a 20 per cent deterioration in the short-term lung function of adults with asthma.[10]


Up to a fifth of asthmatics continue to smoke8, and those who do have worse symptoms and lung function than non-smoking asthmatics.[11]


??Among teenagers, smoking increases problems from asthma and the respiratory function abnormalities associated with smoking are more marked in asthmatics? 11


http://www.ash.org.uk/html/passive/html/asthma.html
sToNeDpEnGuIn420
10-10-2005, 07:14 PM
heres a paragraph or two that sums it up and a link to the site i found it from


hmmm thanks, but damn too bad thats tobacco smoke, which is different. But i guess nothing too bad. If anyone else has anymore info, please do add!
Az.
10-10-2005, 07:19 PM
yeah sorry i forgot you meant weed when i started looking for it.....i dont see why it should be too different though......other than being totally different....
oh well....sorry i couldnt be more help :)
sToNeDpEnGuIn420
10-10-2005, 07:30 PM
yeah sorry i forgot you meant weed when i started looking for it.....i dont see why it should be too different though......other than being totally different....
oh well....sorry i couldnt be more help :)
Its cool, you've been more help then anyone else. :)
Reefer Rogue
10-10-2005, 07:33 PM
Is there anything i can do other then eating it, or vaporizing it? I really dont want to have to quit.

Thanks, penguin :D

If you're worried about smoking and you feel it affecting your health then why wouldn't you use a vape or eat it? I think those are you're only options, unless you ice bong those fo fo's.
sToNeDpEnGuIn420
10-10-2005, 07:35 PM
If you're worried about smoking and you feel it affecting your health then why wouldn't you use a vape or eat it? I think those are you're only options, unless you ice bong those fo fo's.
Well vape's are pretty expensive(atleast 150 for a nice one, i dont want a shitty one) and for eating, ive never really gotten full effects from it, im not the best at making butter(or anything for that matter) and it wastes a lot more weed.
Reefer Rogue
10-10-2005, 07:37 PM
that's true, i love smoking it, there's nothing like exhaling smoke, i think it adds a whole element to it self. My only advice is to save up for a vape if you think it's affecting you that much. Either that or sell some shit until u got da money to buy it.
DazedandConfused
10-10-2005, 07:53 PM
I actually heard somewhere that it helps for asthma because it expands your lungs. but too much of anything is bad, so i guess when it comes to stoners were not really using the benificial amount, we smoke a lot more. i have asthma too, and i always cough really hard and then i weez and then get the hic-ups, usually a few times a day
flamingskullballs
10-10-2005, 09:47 PM
try using a bong...that should filter out some of the tar n such...

vaporizing would be the best way...or you could just buy more bud, and eat space cakes all day...but that would cost a lot, since to make em you need about 1 cup of ground buds...gosh are they fun...yay...
Satan666
10-10-2005, 09:51 PM
Just Dont worry about it. Ive got athsma too. ive been smoking for along time and even my doctor says its fine. So go smoke a bowl for me. im dry
beachguy in thongs
10-10-2005, 10:43 PM
Good for Asthma.
Good for Tubercu............losis
WeedWorm
10-10-2005, 10:57 PM
DazedAndConfused is right, I have asthma and anxiety (an awful combo) so i have really bad breathing problems alot. I was amazed to find that when i first started smoking weed, it was actually making my breathing better :) so i went online that day and did some reading, it turns out, when it was legal, they actually gave joints to people with asthma to help there breathing. wow, yet another thing marijuana fixes, go figure
DazedandConfused
10-10-2005, 11:02 PM
yeah, i used to not be able to run for more than 15 minutes at soccer practice but when i started smoking weed i remember i used to be able to finish the whole thing without resting. now i smoke a lot more heavy than i used to, i also don't play soccer anymore
Seag420
10-10-2005, 11:29 PM
buy yerself a vap penguin, it cant be beaten!
Up In Smoke 420
10-10-2005, 11:35 PM
Hmm that's weird because I always smoke with my friend, and he has asthma. Nothing that bad happens to him.
tschmidty32
10-11-2005, 12:49 AM
i dunno bout you guys but weed has almost made it easier for me to run and stuff...like when we do conditioning in football or bball practice it seems soo much easier on my lungs than it did in the past...don't know why but it just does...i'm not complaining though!
DazedandConfused
10-11-2005, 12:52 AM
lol thats what i just said
tschmidty32
10-11-2005, 01:01 AM
lol my bad...i didn't read the whole thread...i just read the top and i was like hey i should post that it's easier for me to run now that i toke up...which is true...so yeah...my bad yo.
WeedWorm
10-11-2005, 01:04 AM
thats what i said to, but yah, basically what we're all trying to say is that weed helps you breathe, doesnt restrict breathing ;)
sToNeDpEnGuIn420
10-11-2005, 03:27 AM
thats what i said to, but yah, basically what we're all trying to say is that weed helps you breathe, doesnt restrict breathing ;)
If you dont have asthma, im talking about smoking and asthma. Not just the random asthma, the kind where you have to use an inhaler everyday. G-damn lol
Melton420
10-11-2005, 05:00 AM
if you have asthma you shouldnt smoke