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I am 16 years old and smoke weed could i get lung cancer ? i get pains where my ribs are on the left side
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Eventually/not now: Smoking anything like weed or cigarettes throws a bunch of irritants into the sensitive lung tissue and over a a couple decades this may trigger cancer. Any pain you have at your age is likely infection or inflammation from something else.
Answered 2/10/2021
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