There is Something Worse than Smoking Tobacco

Researchers in Canada have found that marijuana may contain more toxins than tobacco smoke. Ammonia and hydrogen cyanide is found at much higher levels than in tobacco smoke.

David Moir and his colleagues have conducted extensive studies on the composition of chemicals in both tobacco smoke and marijuana. There are about 50 toxins in tobacco smoke that can cause cancer, while the research on marijuana has not been as extensive.

The researchers used smoking machines in this study to mimic the smoking habits of marijuana smokers. Ammonia levels were found to be significantly higher in marijuana smoke. But the levels of hydrogen cyanide, nitric oxide and other aromatic amines were found to be 3-5 times higher in the marijuana smoke. According to researchers this finding is important because the "information for public health and communication of the risk related to the exposure to such materials."

For smokers the conclusion is that there is actually something worse out there than smoking tobacco.

[Via: Science Daily]

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