Secondhand Marijuana Smoke Worse That Tobacco

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TOXIC WEED: SECONDHAND MARIJUANA SMOKE WORSE THAN TOBACCO!

by Vanessa Cortez, staff writer [May 15, 2021]

[WeeklyUniverse.com] If there's a pothead puffing a reefer in your vicinity -- YOU might end up in the hospital! Not only is marijuana smoking toxic for users, even its secondhand smoke can be deadly!

And if a pothead pooh-poohs these claims, show him The Science provided by the American Nonsmoker's Rights Foundation:

* Secondhand smoke from combusted marijuana contains fine particulate matter that can be breathed deeply into the lungs, which can cause lung irritation, asthma attacks, and makes respiratory infections more likely. Exposure to fine particulate matter can exacerbate health problems especially for people with respiratory conditions like asthma, bronchitis, or COPD.

* Significant amounts of mercury, cadmium, nickel, lead, hydrogen cyanide, and chromium, as well as 3 times the amount of ammonia, are found in mainstream marijuana smoke than is in tobacco smoke.

* In 2009, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment added marijuana smoke to its Proposition 65 list of carcinogens and reproductive toxins, also known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986. It reported that at least 33 individual constituents present in both marijuana smoke and tobacco smoke are Proposition 65 carcinogens.

* Secondhand smoke from marijuana has many of the same chemicals as smoke from tobacco, including those linked to lung cancer.

* Secondhand marijuana exposure impairs blood vessel function. Published studies on rats show that thirty minutes of exposure to secondhand marijuana smoke at levels comparable to those found in restaurants that allow cigarette smoking led to substantial impairment of blood vessel function. Marijuana smoke exposure had a greater and longer-lasting effect on blood vessel function than exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke.

* One minute of exposure to marijuana SHS substantially impairs endothelial function in rats for at least 90 minutes, considerably longer than comparable impairment by tobacco SHS. The findings in rats suggest that SHS can exert similar adverse cardiovascular effects regardless of whether it is from tobacco or marijuana.

* Secondhand marijuana smoke and secondhand tobacco smoke is similar in many ways. More research is needed, but the current body of science shows that both tobacco and marijuana smoke have similar chemical composition and suggests that they may have harmful cardiovascular health effects, such as atherosclerosis (partially blocked arteries), heart attack, and stroke.

These and other facts can be found at No-Smoke.org.

Vanessa Cortez is a Los Angeles based tabloid reporter specializing in health science. Read about her adventures in Hollywood Witches!

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TOXIC WEED: SECONDHAND MARIJUANA SMOKE WORSE THAN TOBACCO!