Cannabis smoking and respiratory health: Consideration of the literature
@article{Gates2014CannabisSA, title={Cannabis smoking and respiratory health: Consideration of the literature}, author={P. Gates and A. Jaffe and J. Copeland}, journal={Respirology}, year={2014}, volume={19} }
The respiratory health effects from tobacco smoking are well described. Cannabis smoke contains a similar profile of carcinogenic chemicals as tobacco smoke but is inhaled more deeply. Although cannabis smoke is known to contain similar harmful and carcinogenic substances to tobacco smoke, relatively little is understood regarding the respiratory health effects from cannabis smoking. There is a need to integrate research on cannabis and respiratory health effects so that gaps in the literature… Expand
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