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Pot-Smokers Healthier Than Tobacco Smokers, Study Finds

David Downs

SF Gate Blog

Monday 08 Apr 2013

A study published in the journal Addictive Behaviors this January finds that “using tobacco on its own [and/or] mixing it with cannabis may lead to worse physical health outcomes than using cannabis alone.”

Researchers in Randwick, Australia recruited 350 adults over 40 and divided them into four groups: cannabis-only users, tobacco+cannabis users, tobacco-only users, and a control group of abstainers. The population size was small, but the authors concluded that the control and cannabis-only groups tended to report the best health, while the two tobacco-smoking groups fared the worst.

All three smoking groups reported significantly higher rates of emphysema than did the control group. But, all members of the cannabis-only group diagnosed with the debilitating lung disease had formerly been regular tobacco smokers.

They also noted that “mixing cannabis with tobacco may synergistically compromise health.” Synergistically means the two work together to mess you up – so again, it may be time to put ‘dem spliffs down, mate.

http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2013/04/08/pot-smokers-healthier-than-tobacco-smokers-study-finds/

 

 

 

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