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[Castanza]

5 minutes ago, Spekulatius said:

Weed competes with booze, not with nicotine. I do think that weed will become legal (on a federal level) within this decade - the demographic trends make it almost impossible not to legalize it.

My comment was more directed at the governments concern of health issues (and teen use). Reality is one joint is equivalent to 2.5-5 cigarettes in terms of lung damage. Just find it ironic. As far as "teen use" goes. If I was a kid again, and weed were legal in my state. I certainly would be hitting some Maui Wowie or Euphoria Cookies instead of some peach flavored vape pen.  Legalize weed and the underage issue of tobacco use will likely take care of itself (to an extent). But kids will be kids...

[Castanza]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-to-seek-ban-on-menthol-cigarettes-11619628317

[randomep]

On 4/23/2021 at 8:51 AM, Castanza said:

My comment was more directed at the governments concern of health issues (and teen use). Reality is one joint is equivalent to 2.5-5 cigarettes in terms of lung damage. Just find it ironic. As far as "teen use" goes. If I was a kid again, and weed were legal in my state. I certainly would be hitting some Maui Wowie or Euphoria Cookies instead of some peach flavored vape pen.  Legalize weed and the underage issue of tobacco use will likely take care of itself (to an extent). But kids will be kids...

hi, where did you get the info that weed is 3x more harmful than cigarettes?

 

[Castanza]

32 minutes ago, randomep said:

hi, where did you get the info that weed is 3x more harmful than cigarettes?

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jul/31/drugsandalcohol.drugs
 

My info was from a quick Google search (looks a bit outdated). I’m sure there is info out there saying weed is less harmful than cigs. One thing can be certain. Both aren’t good for your lungs. Weed has a shit ton of tar and depending on how you smoke it, it can probably be worse or not as bad from a lung perspective. 

Edited April 28, 2021 by Castanza

[Spekulatius]

You don’t need to smoke to get your dose of THC.

The menthol ban wouldn’t be a big deal, raising taxes wouldn’t be that big of a deal either, but making cigs non- addictive - now you are messing with the unthinkable.

I am not sure it will get to this point - smuggling would become an issue. It would certainly curb cigarette consumption as smokers would need to switch to alternative methods of delivery to get their nicotine fill.

[Castanza]

3 minutes ago, Spekulatius said:

You don’t need to smoke to get your dose of THC.

The menthol ban wouldn’t be a big deal, raising taxes wouldn’t be that big of a deal either, but making cigs non- addictive - now you are messing with the unthinkable.

I am not sure it will get to this point - smuggling would become an issue. It would certainly curb cigarette consumption as smokers would need to switch to alternative methods of delivery to get their nicotine fill.

I’ve heard of people rolling their own cigs with pipe tobaccos. But this is certainly not as addictive as most of it is pure tobacco and not filled with all the extra chemicals jemn referenced. I didn’t see any mention of pipe tobacco as far as regulation goes.