Smoking marijuana is more dangerous than smoking cigarettes

Smoking a cigarette smoked marijuana the equivalent of 20 cigarettes normal tobacco. The risk of lung cancer several times of marijuana than tobacco, say researchers. So far, scientists have proven that marijuana contributes to lung cancer, but few were able to establish a causal relationship between marijuana smoking and lung cancer. Was published in an article in the European Respiratory Journal, the researchers found that marijuana is more harmful than tobacco, because marijuana smoke contains twice carcinogens than traditional cigarettes. Marijuana smokers consume five times more carbon monoxide than tobacco smokers, said the head of the research group of Richard Beasley. The researchers asked 79 people with cancer and trying to understand the main factors influencing the risk of lung cancer, such as smoking, marital status and physical activity. Members also the question about the use of alcohol and marijuana. The study found that people who smoke marijuana once a day for 10 years or two times for 5 years the risk of lung cancer by 5.7 times. According to the scientists in New Zealand, the use of marijuana is responsible for a. In 20 cases of lung cancer In the near future we will be able to observe the "epidemic" of lung cancer associated with marijuana. And it is likely that increasing the risk of the disease in countries where marijuana use among young people and the older generation, this is one of the most important issues will be of public health, scientists say.