Know Someone With Lung Cancer...

[trichcycler]

A) That is a marijuana smoker

or

 

B) Is a tobacco and marijuana smoker

or

 

C) Neither

[mibrains]

yes

yes

and yes

 

i have known all three.

[zachw]

Dana Reeve, Christopher Reeve's wife, died of lung cancer and never smoked.

[trichcycler]

do lung cancers occur which have nothing to do with smoking or "2nd hand" smoke?

[Restorium2]

According to the CDC and EPA, radon causes about 20,000 cases of lung cancer each year, making it the second leading cause of lung cancer.

[bobandtorey]

Radon is not good if you have it in your home they sell things that can tell if its in your home

[trichcycler]

Is mesothelioma or radon cancer identified as such and different than cancer from smoking?

[trichcycler]

will a marijuana caused lung cancer differ from a tobacco caused cancer ?

thanks so much for the info guys, this is educating.

[trichcycler]

I thought both smokes contained the same carcinogens, like benzene. Is it the protective cannabis constituents that  prevent cancers while using marijuana then?

[trichcycler]

that link is appreciated.

I wonder what the stats are when we consider people that smoke cigarettes, as well as cannabis, and the rates at which they seem to be protected

[trichcycler]

found this;  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1277837/

More people are using the cannabis plant as modern basic and clinical science reaffirms and extends its medicinal uses. Concomitantly, concern and opposition to smoked medicine has occurred, in part due to the known carcinogenic consequences of smoking tobacco. Are these reactions justified? While chemically very similar, there are fundamental differences in the pharmacological properties between cannabis and tobacco smoke. Cannabis smoke contains cannabinoids whereas tobacco smoke contains nicotine. Available scientific data, that examines the carcinogenic properties of inhaling smoke and its biological consequences, suggests reasons why tobacco smoke, but not cannabis smoke, may result in lung cancer.

[Iggyzag]

that link is appreciated.

I wonder what the stats are when we consider people that smoke cigarettes, as well as cannabis, and the rates at which they seem to be protected

There is a book grass match called "the pot book" Which goes over alot of medical data dealing with marijuana, as well as comparisons of tobacco, marijuana, hard drugs, alcohol...its very well written out, with very little bias for or against medical marijuana. The woman that wrote it (Julie Holland) is a psychiatrist that specializes in psycho pharmacology, and the answer to the question you asked is within the book..I unfortunately could not find the exact page to get a link to ya or answer, but you may be interested in the book for the vast amounts of knowledge to be gained, as well as for the answer your looking for:)

[trichcycler]

Thank you Izzyzag for the reference. new to me.