What would happen if you stopped smoking right now?

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[Isonyx]

All I took from this was that smoking calms you down for about 72 hours.
Smoking is a horrible habit though that can really mess with your health.

[Stapled]

Smoking is a pretty stupid way to spend money.

[323]

All I took from this was that smoking calms you down for about 72 hours.
Smoking is a horrible habit though that can really mess with your health.

Well that's true I guess, but it also shows all of the other health risks that come with smoking.

Smoking is a pretty stupid way to spend money.

Yeah, I would agree with this. Two of my cousins smoke a pack a day, and they say to never try smoking at all, because you get addicted and can't stop. They calculated out the costs, and it costs them a shitton of money a year.

[To Give You This Gun]

Well that's true I guess, but it also shows all of the other health risks that come with smoking.



Yeah, I would agree with this. Two of my cousins smoke a pack a day, and they say to never try smoking at all, because you get addicted and can't stop. They calculated out the costs, and it costs them a shitton of money a year.

well i smoke and I dont smoke nearly a pack a day i smoke like 3 - 10 cigarettes a day not to bad . a new pack last me 2-4 days

[PrincessFluttershy]

i like pie. Not so much for smokes

[GAMEchief]

This graphs are always pretty informative. More people need to quit. Smoking is the devil.

[PrincessFluttershy]

This graphs are always pretty informative. More people need to quit. Smoking is the devil.

Think this kid disagrees (I don't though.)

[ya bish]

That's upsetting to watch

[Spammathon]

That's a pretty nice infographic.

Smoking does suck.
Your life.

[sighkick]

Just smoke weed instead. Use vaporizers and such. There's always a healthy way to do things.

[ya bish]

Just smoke weed instead. Use vaporizers and such. There's always a healthy way to do things.

lolololol

[PrincessFluttershy]

Weed isn't healthier. Smh.

[sezna]

Just smoke weed instead. Use vaporizers and such. There's always a healthy way to do things.

There are still many problems with weed, just a different set of problems. Arrogant stoners are not always 100% accurate when they tell you that.

[GAMEchief]

Weed isn't healthier. Smh.

It's pretty objectively healthier. Cigarettes contain tons more chemicals, especially harmful ones, than marijuana. Saying two entirely separate chemicals are equally as healthy is like saying that aspirin are morphine are equally as healthy or heroin and diphenhydramine are equally as healthy.
Vaporizers do decrease the number of "third-party" chemicals in marijuana. I don't know if they can be used on tobacco for a similar effect? I know other stereotypically-pot-related paraphernalia, such as "bongs" or "water pipes" are actually beneficial health-wise even for tobacco smokers. That's how they market them. I imagine vaporizers would fall in similar fashion, but I'm not familiar enough with either subculture to be able to say with certainty in that regard.

There are still many problems with weed, just a different set of problems. Arrogant stoners are not always 100% accurate when they tell you that.

No chemical doesn't cause problems. Even building blocks of life themselves, such as water, sun, vitamins, you name it, can kill us. Even in small quantities.

[C0FFINCASE]

No chemical doesn't cause problems. Even building blocks of life themselves, such as water, sun, vitamins, you name it, can kill us. Even in small quantities.

Takes less than a tea spoon of water to drown.

Smoking is pretty horrid. What's worse is that smokers are basically screwing everyone in their immediate area over a hundredfold. Second hand smoke is way worse than what the smoker inhales. Carcinogens everywhere in absurd quantities.

I believe you're right that there are less in weed but it does have a different set of problems. The psych department from the university I went to just released a study on it where they argued that we didn't really know enough about it's effect to say if it was harmful or not but they felt that it was mentally addictive based on sample studies, the culture surrounding it, and what they felt was chemical evidence pointing in that direction.

[323]

Takes less than a tea spoon of water to drown.

Smoking is pretty horrid. What's worse is that smokers are basically screwing everyone in their immediate area over a hundredfold. Second hand smoke is way worse than what the smoker inhales. Carcinogens everywhere in absurd quantities.

I believe you're right that there are less in weed but it does have a different set of problems. The psych department from the university I went to just released a study on it where they argued that we didn't really know enough about it's effect to say if it was harmful or not but they felt that it was mentally addictive based on sample studies, the culture surrounding it, and what they felt was chemical evidence pointing in that direction.

Yay, finally someone agrees with me that it's not chemically addictive, but the users are addicted to the feelings it produces haha.

I don't think I could ever smoke, no matter what it is. Putting that shit in your body just doesn't seem healthy.

[ya bish]

Weed is less dangerous than Cigarettes, I haven't heard one case of a person dying from Weed.

[Isonyx]

Weed is less dangerous than Cigarettes, I haven't heard one case of a person dying from Weed.

As far as I know, on the record there are no deaths that have been confirmed to be directly due to marijuana.

There are cases
- When marijuana is laced with another substance that kills the person.
- When the person's consumption of marijuana causes them to become so lethargic that an accident results, killing them.
- When the person has a predetermined (or undetermined) medical problem that causes them to have a specific aversion to smoke entering their lungs, which causes them to choke to death after smoking marijuana.

Marijuana also hasn't been connected to cancer as far as I know. I remember, people started saying marijuana kills people due to a study they did where they basically pumped smoke into the bodies of a bunch of monkeys, and then when they died people assumed it was the marijuana. It was actually the deprivation of oxygen, they just smoked the animals to death. Not only that but a human would pass out long before they smoked the amount of marijuana those monkeys smoked before they suffocated.

Those crazy monkeys.

There's a reason marijuana is used for medicinal purposes and cigarettes aren't, and like Flare said, marijuana isn't chemically addictive, but people can become addicted to anything.

And @ the vaporizer comment by GAMEchief- Marijuana Vaporizer Provides Same Level Of THC, Fewer Toxins, Study Shows

[ya bish]

As far as I know, on the record there are no deaths that have been confirmed to be directly due to marijuana.

There are cases
- When marijuana is laced with another substance that kills the person.
- When the person's consumption of marijuana causes them to become so lethargic that an accident results, killing them.
- When the person has a predetermined (or undetermined) medical problem that causes them to have a specific aversion to smoke entering their lungs, which causes them to choke to death after smoking marijuana.

Marijuana also hasn't been connected to cancer as far as I know. I remember, people started saying marijuana kills people due to a study they did where they basically pumped smoke into the bodies of a bunch of monkeys, and then when they died people assumed it was the marijuana. It was actually the deprivation of oxygen, they just smoked the animals to death. Not only that but a human would pass out long before they smoked the amount of marijuana those monkeys smoked before they suffocated.

Those crazy monkeys.

There's a reason marijuana is used for medicinal purposes and cigarettes aren't, and like Flare said, marijuana isn't chemically addictive, but people can become addicted to anything.

And @ the vaporizer comment by GAMEchief- Marijuana Vaporizer Provides Same Level Of THC, Fewer Toxins, Study Shows

Nice facts c:

[sezna]

As far as I know, on the record there are no deaths that have been confirmed to be directly due to marijuana.

There are cases
- When marijuana is laced with another substance that kills the person.
- When the person's consumption of marijuana causes them to become so lethargic that an accident results, killing them.
- When the person has a predetermined (or undetermined) medical problem that causes them to have a specific aversion to smoke entering their lungs, which causes them to choke to death after smoking marijuana.

Marijuana also hasn't been connected to cancer as far as I know. I remember, people started saying marijuana kills people due to a study they did where they basically pumped smoke into the bodies of a bunch of monkeys, and then when they died people assumed it was the marijuana. It was actually the deprivation of oxygen, they just smoked the animals to death. Not only that but a human would pass out long before they smoked the amount of marijuana those monkeys smoked before they suffocated.

Those crazy monkeys.

There's a reason marijuana is used for medicinal purposes and cigarettes aren't, and like Flare said, marijuana isn't chemically addictive, but people can become addicted to anything.

And @ the vaporizer comment by GAMEchief- Marijuana Vaporizer Provides Same Level Of THC, Fewer Toxins, Study Shows

Yes, weed is healthier than cigarettes, but it is just far from healthy. It is used for medicinal purposes, but it's not entirely common and still has negative side effects. Just saying, weed is better than cigs, but nothing is better than both.

[C0FFINCASE]

As far as I know, on the record there are no deaths that have been confirmed to be directly due to marijuana.




Marijuana also hasn't been connected to cancer as far as I know. I remember, people started saying marijuana kills people due to a study they did where they basically pumped smoke into the bodies of a bunch of monkeys, and then when they died people assumed it was the marijuana. It was actually the deprivation of oxygen, they just smoked the animals to death. Not only that but a human would pass out long before they smoked the amount of marijuana those monkeys smoked before they suffocated.

Those crazy monkeys.

There's a reason marijuana is used for medicinal purposes and cigarettes aren't, and like Flare said, marijuana isn't chemically addictive, but people can become addicted to anything.

And @ the vaporizer comment by GAMEchief- Marijuana Vaporizer Provides Same Level Of THC, Fewer Toxins, Study Shows

Smoke/burnt things result in the release of carcinogens and is harmful to your lungs i.e. the smoke from most anything can with prolonged exposure give you cancer and harm your lungs.

Marijuana is used for medical purposes because it is suppose to dull pain, cigarettes done dull pain to the same extent if at all so you wouldn't use them. Cancer has nothing to do with it.

As far as marijuana not causing deaths, (alcohol poisoning aside) you don't view alcohol as not causing deaths because people die due to intoxications.

Like Charles said comparatively weed is healthier than tobacco. Not smoking things compared to smoking things is still healthier by a lot. Weed isn't healthy and does have negative effects. They aren't as pronounced or immediately lethal as tobacco but taking the lesser evil of two when you are not required to do either is generally stupid.

[Isonyx]

Yes, weed is healthier than cigarettes, but it is just far from healthy. It is used for medicinal purposes, but it's not entirely common and still has negative side effects. Just saying, weed is better than cigs, but nothing is better than both.

I wouldn't say that, especially if you have a horrible disease and marijuana allows you to take the pain. I'd say weed would be better than nothing in this situation, but it's a matter of preference and depends on the situation.

Smoke/burnt things result in the release of carcinogens and is harmful to your lungs i.e. the smoke from most anything can with prolonged exposure give you cancer and harm your lungs.

Marijuana is used for medical purposes because it is suppose to dull pain, cigarettes done dull pain to the same extent if at all so you wouldn't use them. Cancer has nothing to do with it.

As far as marijuana not causing deaths, (alcohol poisoning aside) you don't view alcohol as not causing deaths because people die due to intoxications.

Like Charles said comparatively weed is healthier than tobacco. Not smoking things compared to smoking things is still healthier by a lot. Weed isn't healthy and does have negative effects. They aren't as pronounced or immediately lethal as tobacco but taking the lesser evil of two when you are not required to do either is generally stupid.

Some believe marijuana somehow causes cancer, as I said, this simply hasn't been proven.
However, there is a connection between medicinal marijuana use and helping to minimize the effects cancer.
Marijuana And Cancer: Scientists Find Cannabis Compound Stops Metastasis In Aggressive Cancers

[sezna]

I wouldn't say that, especially if you have a horrible disease and marijuana allows you to take the pain. I'd say weed would be better than nothing in this situation, but it's a matter of preference and depends on the situation.

How many of us in here have debilitating diseases that require marijuana?
It's no different than any other medicine. I took vicodin when I was really sick last year, it helped with the pain, but does that mean that it's healthy? Nah, not really.

[Isonyx]

How many of us in here have debilitating diseases that require marijuana?
It's no different than any other medicine. I took vicodin when I was really sick last year, it helped with the pain, but does that mean that it's healthy? Nah, not really.

Probably very few, didn't say we all had these diseases. It's a general statement about the usage of marijuana.
If marijuana is in fact helping to negate the effects of cancer (those making cancer patients healthier), I'd say it's a lot different than other medicines.

[hunny]

As far as I know, on the record there are no deaths that have been confirmed to be directly due to marijuana.

There are cases
- When marijuana is laced with another substance that kills the person.
- When the person's consumption of marijuana causes them to become so lethargic that an accident results, killing them.
- When the person has a predetermined (or undetermined) medical problem that causes them to have a specific aversion to smoke entering their lungs, which causes them to choke to death after smoking marijuana.

Marijuana also hasn't been connected to cancer as far as I know. I remember, people started saying marijuana kills people due to a study they did where they basically pumped smoke into the bodies of a bunch of monkeys, and then when they died people assumed it was the marijuana. It was actually the deprivation of oxygen, they just smoked the animals to death. Not only that but a human would pass out long before they smoked the amount of marijuana those monkeys smoked before they suffocated.

Those crazy monkeys.

There's a reason marijuana is used for medicinal purposes and cigarettes aren't, and like Flare said, marijuana isn't chemically addictive, but people can become addicted to anything.

And @ the vaporizer comment by GAMEchief- Marijuana Vaporizer Provides Same Level Of THC, Fewer Toxins, Study Shows

great facts nods

[GAMEchief]

I believe you're right that there are less in weed but it does have a different set of problems. The psych department from the university I went to just released a study on it where they argued that we didn't really know enough about it's effect to say if it was harmful or not but they felt that it was mentally addictive based on sample studies, the culture surrounding it, and what they felt was chemical evidence pointing in that direction.

Which is the conclusion of pretty much every psych department in the country. The evidence that, at worst, you experience mental addiction (big whoop; caffeine causes it too, but where's the hubbub about caffeine?) and people become engulfed in a culture they feel accepted in and don't want to leave (something that also happens with alcohol, and pretty much any aficionado of anything).

The analogies it gets outside of research are just proposterous.

As far as I know, on the record there are no deaths that have been confirmed to be directly due to marijuana.

There aren't. It causes you to pass out long before you reach an even remotely toxic amount. It's not physiologically possible to die from marijuana, save the reasons you listed.

Marijuana also hasn't been connected to cancer as far as I know. I remember, people started saying marijuana kills people due to a study they did where they basically pumped smoke into the bodies of a bunch of monkeys, and then when they died people assumed it was the marijuana. It was actually the deprivation of oxygen, they just smoked the animals to death. Not only that but a human would pass out long before they smoked the amount of marijuana those monkeys smoked before they suffocated.

Yeah, there are no conclusive studies on this. The ones that have shown that it does cause cancer have all had just absurdly unrealistic research procedures that no scientist would even remotely consider valid. They are almost jokes. And the ones that don't find a cancer link can't say so with high significance due to the fact that it's illegal and hard to research.
What we do know is it's not even nearly remotely comparably as cancerous as cigarettes. But, it may be like 1% as cancerous. No telling.

[GAMEchief]

Smoke/burnt things result in the release of carcinogens and is harmful to your lungs i.e. the smoke from most anything can with prolonged exposure give you cancer and harm your lungs.

Right, this is where cancer from marijuana would come from. The chemicals in it doesn't cause cancer, which is why ingesting it or using the many types of non-smokables they have in dispensaries have little to probably no negative health effects.
However, the question on this is how much damage it does to your lungs. This isn't my area of expertise, but we do know that it is less cancerous that cigarettes. The chemical being smoked is hugely relevant. As I vaguely remember having been told this a single time in my life, it has to do with how quickly the lung cells regenerate. Cigarettes are cancerous because, in how fast you smoke them, you lungs become damaged to an extent that they can't defend against carcinogens. However, marijuana either due to how infrequently it is used in comparison to cigarettes or due to the different chemicals, does not nearly as easily break through your lung's defenses. I recall something about the cells that are damaged by marijuana regenerate faster than cells damaged by cigarettes.

Marijuana is used for medical purposes because it is suppose to dull pain, cigarettes done dull pain to the same extent if at all so you wouldn't use them. Cancer has nothing to do with it.

Marijuana also serves to combat nausea caused by chemotherapy for cancer patients. It is one of the safest and most efficient anti-nausea medications in existence.
It dulls pain, but it's not really prescribed for all chronic pains. It probably only works mostly for muscle or arthritis pain, I imagine. Mainly, not all pains are the same, so while it is used to dull pain, they don't just give it to people in pain.
And cigarettes do not dull pain at all.

As far as marijuana not causing deaths, (alcohol poisoning aside) you don't view alcohol as not causing deaths because people die due to intoxications.

I think everyone views alcohol as causing deaths. It is a huge cause of death. It's really problematic.

Weed isn't healthy and does have negative effects. They aren't as pronounced or immediately lethal as tobacco but taking the lesser evil of two when you are not required to do either is generally stupid.

Silly conclusion. Everything has negative effects. The sun and caffeine do too, but I bet you go outside without sun screen and drink soda.
You weigh the pros and cons of your decision. Look at the risks realistically and decide if the benefits are worth it.
If you're undergoing chemo, it's obviously worth it.
If you're suffering from depression, it's probably worth it (in conjunction with therapy).
If you're just experimenting, it's up to everyone to decide for themselves how important the sensation is to their life.
If you have literally no reason and not even curiosity, then I think you're weird but to each their own.

Point being, in none of these is the outcome bad.

[GAMEchief]

How many of us in here have debilitating diseases that require marijuana?

Medication doesn't have to be the result of debilitation and requirement. I imagine you take aspirin or Tylenol, neither of which are required against any debilitating disease you may or may not have.

I took vicodin when I was really sick last year, it helped with the pain, but does that mean that it's healthy? Nah, not really.

Yes. It is better for you to have taken it than you for to have not. That's why they prescribed it to you.

[Snow-kun]

I don't get why people get addicted to it so much. It doesn't even do you any good. Some people just smoke to look "cool" in front of their friends. :/ Also even if marijuana is not as worse as cigarettes it doesn't mean that you should smoke it instead. Once you try it and get addicted to it excessive use of it will still cause you harm.

[GAMEchief]

I don't get why people get addicted to it so much. It doesn't even do you any good. Some people just smoke to look "cool" in front of their friends. :/

You don't choose to be addicted.

Also even if marijuana is not as worse as cigarettes it doesn't mean that you should smoke it instead. Once you try it and get addicted to it excessive use of it will still cause you harm.

It's not addictive? And it's not that harmful. It's a cost-benefit analysis. Would you swap 1 IQ point for 10 years of happiness and -- most importantly -- social bonding?
If you are against using anything with any negative impact whatsoever, then enjoy your vegan-only water-only diet. Otherwise it's a pretty hypocritical stance to say that one drug is worse than another, when it's really not. You weigh the benefits. You drink caffeine because you like feeling awake in the morning, but you entirely ignore the toxicity, physical addiction, and withdrawal symptoms. Seriously ask yourself why. Because everyone else does it? Because you like the taste of your favorite drink? Because you like feeling awake in the morning?

It's all cost-benefit. And the cost and benefit are different for everyone. Saying "it causes harm so you shouldn't do it" is absolutely meaningless.
You need to prove that the cost outweighs the benefit. It does for many drugs, like heroin or meth. For lighter drugs like weed and caffeine, it's dependent on the person.

I, for example, do not drink caffeine. I couldn't care less about how tired I feel in the morning (I actually don't feel tired in the morning, because that is ironically largely caused by caffeine use). So the physical addiction of caffeine or the taste of caffeinated drinks (which usually come in caffeine-free alternatives) are not at all worth it.