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Despite these health concerns, the majority of American adults still believe smoking or vaping marijuana smoke or breathing secondhand smoke from a joint is safer than tobacco smoke, even if ...
This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 August 2024. A vaporizer or vaporiser, colloquially known as a vape, is a device used to vaporize substances for inhalation. Plant substances can be used, commonly cannabis, tobacco, or other herbs or blends of essential oil. [ 1 ] However, they are most commonly filled with a combination ...
Vaping-associated pulmonary injury (VAPI), [ 4 ] also known as vaping-associated lung injury (VALI) [ 1 ] or e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (E/VALI), [ 2 ][ a ] is an umbrella term, [ 15 ][ 16 ] used to describe lung diseases associated with the use of vaping products that can be severe and life-threatening. [ 3 ]
The health effects specific to vaping these cannabis preparations is largely unknown. [189] However, cannabinoid-containing e-cigarettes are often mixed with other diluents and chemicals including vitamin E acetate, which has been associated with the onset of e-cigarette associated lung injury (EVALI). [111]
Another 2021 study found teens are about twice as likely to report “wheezing or whistling” in the chest after vaping marijuana than after smoking cigarettes or using e-cigarettes. In fact ...
A growing problem among older adults. Marijuana use is on the rise among older adults. A 2020 study found the numbers of American seniors over age 65 who now smoke marijuana or use edibles ...
Over time, the marijuana gateway hypothesis has been studied more and more. In one published study, the use of marijuana was shown not a reliable gateway cause of illicit drug use. [67] However, social factors and environment influence drug use and abuse, making the gateway effects of cannabis different for those in differing social circumstances.
Cannabis. Cannabis smoking (known colloquially as smoking weed or smoking pot) is the inhalation of smoke or vapor released by heating the flowers, leaves, or extracts of cannabis and releasing the main psychoactive chemical, Δ 9 - tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is absorbed into the bloodstream via the lungs.