Is smoking a joint healthy or cleansing for your lungs?

I’m sometimes told that smoking a joint is cleansing for your lungs. I would like to have a little more explanation about this…

Asker: Idries, age 15

Answer

Not at all. On the contrary: smoking joints is carcinogenic to the lungs.

Answered by

Prof.dr.medicus leopold de Thibault de Boesinghe

occupational medicine radiation protection hospital hygiene radiotherapy oncology nuclear medicine medical ethics and deontology

university of Ghent

http://www.ugent.be

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