Is it the chemical makeup of nicotine vs THC/CBD? Given the fact they are both smoked, and burnt plant matter are both inhaled in the lungs, it is said that burnt tobacco smoke is more carcinogenic than cannabis smoke. Also, cannabis is used medicinally and therapeutically whereas tobacco is not.
Edit: I am aware that cannabis is better used medicinally as a tincture or in a non-smoked method (i.e. edibles). That would be the safest method of consumption.
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Pound-for-pound, it probably isn’t. I’m not sure there’s a definitive enough study that compares them directly. The problem is people who smoke cigarettes tend to smoke a lot of them so the lifelong cumulative effect is worse. For example, “a pack a day” used to be considered pretty standard for a regular smoker. That’s 20 cigarettes. There are very few cannabis users that smoke the equivalent of 20 cigarettes because of the potency and half-life of cannabis.
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