That's how I see it. Smoking anything is going to impair your lungs from converting oxygen into your blood. Thus your heart must work harder.
I bet if they checked people who eat gummy's they would find no correlation.
Me, I grew up in 1960s and 70 Los Angeles horrific air pollution so I am a dead man walking anyway.
Other than the THC itself interfering with cognition over long enough timelines... Correct.
I myself am not into this kind of recreational pharmacology. However... I am a long time gym-rat and would love to have access to PED's again... Especially as I pass, less than gracefully, through my 50's.
Either way... it's the same Government over-reach via justification of "we know what is better for you"/"need to protect you from yourself" BS making it a crime. Sell off the DEA/FDA to a private consortium like the IEEE or UL. Get the FedGov out of the picture.