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Study Finds 79% of Americans Believe Marijuana is As Safe or Safer Than Tobacco (themarijuanaherald.com)

submitted 1 year ago by polyrhythm@lemm.ee to c/trees@lemmy.world

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“More than one-third of participants felt that daily smoking of cannabis was safer than tobacco, and their views increasingly favored safety of cannabis vs tobacco over time (1742 participants [36.7%] in 2017 vs 2107 participants [44.3%] in 2021; P < .001)”

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[–] southernwolf@pawb.social 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Probably because it is... Cannabis smoke isn't that healthy overall, but it's found to be safer than Tobacco smoke is at least. It doesn't carry nearly the carcinogenic risks of tobacco, and afaik, it doesn't carry the same risks for COPD, chronic bronchitis, etc. Though longer term studies would be needed for those to get real data to know for sure.

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not only that, but I doubt most weed smokers don't smoke 2 packs of weed a day.

[–] southernwolf@pawb.social 12 points 1 year ago

Lol, well that might be a challenge to some, but yes you are generally correct! xD

[–] Alwaysfallingupyup@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

So one else please admit that they saw aflac