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Wednesday, August 01, 2007A single cannabis joint could damage the lungs as much as smoking up to five tobacco cigarettes one after another, scientists in New Zealand have said. The research, published in the journal Thorax, found cannabis damaged the large airways in the lungs causing symptoms such as coughing and wheezing. It also damaged the ability of the lungs to get oxygen to, and remove waste products from tissues ....However, in this study, people who smoked only cannabis were not found to suffer from emphysema, a serious and crippling lung disease which was previously thought to be linked to the drug. How can marijuana smokers have more damage to their lungs, but less emphysema? According to the abstract of the paper, "emphysema" in this case means "macroscopic emphysema." Macroscopic emphysema refers to the look of the lungs on CT scans. If they have certain characteristics, then they are classified as having macroscopic emphysema. However, the look of the lungs on CT scan isn't a good predictor of clinical emphysema. So don't assume that those joints won't turn you into a pink puffer or blue bloater. (Explanation here.) posted by Sydney on 8/01/2007 07:39:00 AM 1 comments 1 Comments:
thank for your information. I alaways wait your healt information again. I know that in anywhere smoking is not gentle. they destroying it self |
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