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Can smoking pot cause asthma?
20 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
COPD: Not asthma, but smoking anything can lead to COPD (bronchitis or emphysema). Unfortunately, this is worse than asthma because asthma is reversible, but COPD is chronic. Be smart...Don't put anything in your lungs!
Answered 9/28/2016
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No: Smoking marijuana dos not cause asthma or COPD as demonstrated by multiple studies: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/19364790 http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/19679602 it also does not increase cancer risk: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/16054989 please refer to the extensive work by dr. Donald tashkin at ucla, he is one of the world's leading researchers on marijuana.
Answered 10/24/2017
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Not cause/trigger: Smoking of any product can trigger asthma in someone with the genetic tendency. It is an airway irritant. Chlorine gas can make anyone wheeze during exposure but those without asthma will stop wheezing sooner. If you have the genetics for asthma, you should enjoy your cannabis via a different route, or just live with the balancing act of treating the consequences.
Answered 4/7/2016
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Can trigger asthma: attack but does not cause asthma. Smoking pot does pose numerous health hazards.
Answered 7/18/2014
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