CharlesU Farley
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RRT (registered respiratory therapist) here, vaping is without a _doubt_ much, much preferable to smoking cannabis and luckily for us long time users, cannabis is not nearly as deadly as tobacco is, because it's not carcinogenic.Ok so you mean conduction vaping. I recall a study that found the amount of carcinogenic compounds in the vapor depended on the temperature. And ironically smoking did quite well because despite all the nasties the amount of THC was also high. Can't recall anything scientific about the type of heat source (though an all glass vapor pathway for example does seem appealing to me be that superstition or whatever). But carcinogenic means cancer causing, and COPD isn't a type of cancer. I remember in school some health type class whatever it was the teacher asked us about our smoking habits and most people said they smoke like 10 cigarettes or whatever and he said well that's pretty low you probably won't get lung cancer, but you will get COPD, and it's also a nasty killer illness.
But part of the COPD process is a specific condition called chronic bronchitis, which long-term smoking and vaping cannabis most assuredly causes.
That's one reason I'm all edibles, all the time now... and have been for 6+ years. After 50+ years of cannabis smoking and 15 pack years of cigarette smoking, It was time for me to stop.
Best decision I ever made.