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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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[–] theragu40@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They do, which highlights how flawed/pointless this survey and headline are.

Not accounting for the well known association between tobacco and cigarettes when formulating the question is just lazy polling.