OFF: smoking etc.

[M Holmes]

Dave Berry writes:

> At 10:25 21/02/00 , M Holmes wrote:

> >Robert C.  Mayo writes:

> >> does smoking pot carry the same health risks as smoking cigarettes?
> >> cancer/lung-heart disease/emphesema/etc etc...? let's forget the
> >> supposed 'positives' for the moment--surely inhaling the smoke of
> >> anything burning has it's dangers...?

> >Odds are it's not good for folks to inhale hot smoke of anything.
> >However, when it's been looked into, and it has a few times, the
> >evidence of long term health effects comparable with tobacco just
> >isn't there.

> Strange -- the reports I've seen (in The Guardian), indicate that
> smoking pot mixed with tobacco is more dangerous than tobacco alone.

Weight for weight yes, because pot allows the tobacco smoke to penetrate
deeper into the lungs. It's rare for people to smoke as many joints as
others smoke cigarettes though.

FoFP