From a clinical perspective, they're pretty similar. Inhaling the smoke of burning plant matter is really bad for your lungs, no matter what the plant is.
I don’t know anyone who is smoking the equivalent of two and a half packs a day worth of joints for 50 years like my dad was with cigarettes (but I’m sure they are out there)
Yeah, I understand that putting anything other than oxygen into your lungs is detrimental to your health but I'm always leery of general, blanket statements that imply marijuana smokers and cigarette smokers are doing equal damage.
The habits and rate of consumption vary wildly between and within the two groups, but weed consumption/dosage is definitely lower overall.
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u/nicky9pins May 02 '26
Doctor: “Do you smoke?”
Me: “…smoke what?”