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How beneficial is vaping cannabis to respiratory health compared to smoking?
Author(s) -
Tashkin Donald P.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/add.13075
Subject(s) - cannabis , medicine , environmental health , smoke , respiratory system , tobacco smoke , marijuana smoking , nicotine , psychiatry , substance abuse , chemistry , polysubstance dependence , organic chemistry
While vaping cannabis reduces respiratory exposure to toxic particulates in cannabis smoke, the resultant reduction in clinically evident harms to lung health is probably smaller than that likely to result from substituting e-cigarettes for smoked tobacco due to the comparatively greater harms of tobacco than cannabis smoking to lung health.