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Smoking a joint is every bit as bad as smoking a cigarette, in terms of carcinogens/tar and other nastiness, but most people aren't two-pack-a-day joint smokers
by lamontcg 5y ago
Smoking a joint is every bit as bad as smoking a cigarette, in terms of carcinogens/tar and other nastiness, but most people aren't two-pack-a-day joint smokers so dose is typically lower. It still isn't healthy though.
- revolvingocelot 5y agoIIRC smoking a joint is actually worse than smoking a cigarette, one-for-one, because of the filter a cig has. Smoking joints, the activity, is still said to be healthier than smoking cigarettes, because of the disparity in cylinders-consumed-per-day in average users, as the parent points out. That said, outliers, like Sublime's frontman Bradley Nowell, do exist. [0] Humour on HN is a risky business, but what I'm trying to imply is that I've known people who would find it quite reasonable to smoke two joints before they smoked two joints, and then they'd smoke two more. That's worse than a cigarette habit. Vapes, on the other hand... [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0i62GnQoo0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0i62GnQoo0