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To: Paco

Not everyone who smokes cigarettes gets lung cancer either.

If you could find enough people who smoked only pot like cigarettes for the number of years that people smoke cigarettes before they get lung cancer, then that might be a valid comparison.

Problem is, the results are likely to be skewed because of the number of people who smoke pot AND cigarettes; and finding ONLY pot smokers who smoke that heavily is probably going to be difficult.


79 posted on 08/01/2007 9:20:04 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

“Not everyone who smokes cigarettes gets lung cancer either.

If you could find enough people who smoked only pot like cigarettes for the number of years that people smoke cigarettes before they get lung cancer, then that might be a valid comparison.

Problem is, the results are likely to be skewed because of the number of people who smoke pot AND cigarettes; and finding ONLY pot smokers who smoke that heavily is probably going to be difficult.”

Not really...pot smoking among whites was extremely rare before what, about 1964. One could easily compare lung cancer statistics before and after. There would be other issues to consider, like pollution levels, but it’d be an interesting study to try.


81 posted on 08/01/2007 9:23:09 AM PDT by PreciousLiberty
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