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Letter: Blame tobacco
Dr Robert Melamede York Evening press
Wednesday 08 Jun 2005 In the study examining head and neck cancer and marijuana use, Aled Jones neglected to mention that there were only two people in the study who had only used marijuana instead of marijuana and tobacco. Therefore, this study cannot conclude that marijuana is involved in these cancers. Furthermore, when considering lung cancer, recent studies strongly indicate that it is the nicotine in tobacco that is responsible for tobacco-induced lung cancer. Marijuana does not contain nicotine. Additionally, there are numerous studies that show that marijuana has significant anti-cancer properties. Dr Robert Melamede, Associate professor and biology chairman, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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