A long-term study tracking just over a thousand participants has found regular cannabis smoking can change the function of your lungs as you age. Unlike smoking a cigarette, however, cannabis seems to impact a person's breathing in a slightly differ
Over adulthood, tobacco smoking is associated with a progressive decline in how much air you can force from your lungs in a given amount of time. In comparison, cannabis smoking in the current study was connected to higher lung volumes in total.
To this day, there is limited research on the lung effects of smoking cannabis. Some studies suggest smoking cannabis flower can lead to acute bronchitis-like symptoms, while otherOne of the main challenges is teasing apart the effects of cannabis from tobacco, as most cannabis users are also tobacco smokers.
This probably underestimates how much cannabis some participants are consuming, which makes it hard to say how much you need to smoke to put the health of your lungs at risk. The authors worry this is putting some individuals at risk of emphysema, although it's still not clear what these changes in lung function do to a person's overall lung health.
The participants in the current study have had measurements taken of their lung capacity since they were 18 years of age, and their lungs all seemed to start at roughly the same baseline of health.
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