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Could about six months of smoking weed cause emphysema?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not likely: Patients who develop COPD smoked for a long time or they were around people that are very heavy smokers. There are a few genetic disorders that cause people to develop COPD without much smoking, but a few months of marijuana should not cause copd.
Answered 6/10/2014
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When? : Depends what other conditions are present. Were you a life long cigarette smoker? Do you work in a pulmonary hazardous occupation? Emphysema develops chronically in most people. Smoking weed, or anything else, is not healthy and you should consider discontinuing it.
Answered 11/5/2012
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