According to a new University of Michigan study, smoking THC may be worse for you than smoking cigarettes. A new University of Michigan study has found that THC vaporization can, in a way, be worse for you than smoking weeds or cigarettes or smoking nicotine. The researchers found that teens ages 12 to 17 are more likely to develop symptoms of a lung injury, such as dry cough or wheezing. “We found, and it was something that surprised us a little bit, that it was lifelong cannabis use that was associated with a much greater number of symptoms and a greater likelihood of having each of those symptoms that the use of electronic cigarettes or cigarettes, “said Carol Boyd, co-director of the University of Michigan Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking, and Health. “I think the industry would probably want to show that smoking e-cigarettes is healthier, than the vaporization of cannabis that causes these respiratory symptoms, not e-cigarettes. This is not true. E-cigarette vaporization also causes symptoms among young people, “Boyd continued.” However, in our study and when we considered their use of e-cigarettes, we found higher probabilities of having these respiratory symptoms among young people who had smoked cannabis “. In recent years, a growing number of diseases and even deaths have been linked to vitamin E acetate, according to the CDC, which is used as a cutting agent in THC-containing e-liquids. [Via]
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