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[hackuser]

> Smoking marihuana, however, does impart some of the risks of smoking, but not nearly the same. I don't know if it's possible to reach the same level of damage to your lungs with pot as you would with cigarettes.

Why not? Also, aren't marijuana cigarettes unfiltered, unlike tobacco?

[AlecSchueler → hackuser]

The filters wouldn't make a difference here, since it's the toxins rather than the temperature doing the damage.

[hackuser → AlecSchueler]

> The filters wouldn't make a difference here, since it's the toxins rather than the temperature doing the damage.

I'm confused by the answer: Cigarette filters don't filter toxins? And they do reduce temperature?

[eragone → hackuser]

The toxins in cigarettes are the danger. Filters do little to stop the damage caused by toxins in cigarettes that simply don't exist in marijuana.