Quote Originally Posted by melodious fellow
For those that enjoi the erb, but not the tabaccy:

Anyone experience/are fearful of lung damage or impaired functioning?

I have read multiple studies (some of which were not at all biased against the fine erb) claiming that cannabis users consume equal or greater amounts of tar and carcinogens than tobacco users.

I try to stick with the water bongs, as I lack the funds for a vaporizer...

Invest in a vaporizer. A bong is not going to help with filtering the harmful chemicals too good. From my experience, smoking cannabis did impair my lungs to a noticable degree. My breathing wasnt too normal and the best way to explain is, when I breathe in and out, it wasnt at the rhythm that I was use too (I hope this makes sense). When I was smoking joints on a regular basis, I started to notice that my asthma was getting worst. Normally I don't need to use my asthma puffers but since my times with smoking a lot of weed, I started wheezing a lot more and my usage for the puffers increased. I was later rushed to the hospital due to an asthma attack and spent a week in there. I even got bronchitis from smoking as well.

I own a volcano vaporizer and like most users would tell you, the feeling is smooth and coughing is minimum to none. I do miss rolling up a nice spliff and smoking it in a nice beautiful day but which is more important, getting high for a few hrs or your health? I now use my volcano and no regrets on purchasing the machine. If I even decide to smoke a spliff, it will be extremely rare, but like say in my previous post, dont smoke so much (if you do of course. If not ignore this). If your concerned about the respiratory area, get a vaporizer or smoke every now and then.