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Dethguise

Ok, here is the deal, i only smoke pot and i think cigs are gross, however i smoke pot everday. Each night i will smoke one bowl pack of weed through a bong. If I continue this trend will I be taking 20 years off my life? I know marijuana has a lot of carcinogens and I have just found out that Bongs dont really filter as well as everyone says they do (the tar remains no matter what) so i just wanna know how much damage I am going to do to myself if I keep this up in the future. any thoughts or comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Brian.

 

bloodshoteyez

i doubt it would take 20 years off your life. at the max i am GUESSING would be 1-2 yrs. MAX and that is if you were smoking everyday for years and years and years and years.

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EeJay

If you're concerned about the amount of tars and carcinogens you inhale, you should consider eating it or investing in a good vapouriser.

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ikari

I think this is a common misconception.

It's not the carcinogens in tobacco which are so bad (although they are, to a degree), it's the fact that tobacco has radioactive chemicals in it. (here is the first source i came across saying this here , although there are many more).

Smoking marijuana, which has almost no radioactive chemicals (everything has some radiation), and which has resin which can be flushed naturally by your lungs is NOT bad.

Now let me make something clear. Between smoking marijuana, and not smoking marijuana, OBVIOUSLY not smoke marijuana is more healthy. However, between smoking cigarettes and smoking pot, pot is SO much more healthy..

If you smoke everyday for a year, and then stopped for a year, I honostly don't think you would lose anything off of your life, you might have shortness of breath for a while and such after stopping, but that would go away.

If you're really worried about it, take breaks in between sessions to allow your lungs to flush themselves.

Hope that has provided some help..

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dbighead

moking anything at all is bad for your lungs. If the rest of you is still in good shape I will give you 70 years. After you reach Senior Citizenship(you get discounts on somethings ), life starts to suck.

You would be so old you couldn't do anything without having to watch the hip.

other than that smoke all you want.

 

Bongzilla

Remember all those guys from the 60's? Well they're still kicking and are not suffering from those 'side effects' that they are still telling us exist in MJ.

Smoking anything is going to have adverse effects on your body... that's just the way it is. But if you live in the city, the stuff you are breathing is much worse, so it isn't 'is MJ bad' or not, but how bad... which most of us believe is not much

Dethguise

Thank you all very much you have been very helpful.