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Study Finds 79% of Americans Believe Marijuana is As Safe or Safer Than Tobacco (themarijuanaherald.com)

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“More than one-third of participants felt that daily smoking of cannabis was safer than tobacco, and their views increasingly favored safety of cannabis vs tobacco over time (1742 participants [36.7%] in 2017 vs 2107 participants [44.3%] in 2021; P < .001)”

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[–] Anticorp 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Safer when smoked in the same quantities? Not even close. Marijuana smoke has considerably more tar*. Safer when smoked like a sane person? Definitely.

*Cigarettes carry their own risks because of added chemicals, but the headline didn't specify cigarettes, just tobacco.

[–] Auduras 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fair point on the Tobacco vs Cigarettes, but generally people interpret the two as synonymous.

[–] theragu40 3 points 1 year ago

They do, which highlights how flawed/pointless this survey and headline are.

Not accounting for the well known association between tobacco and cigarettes when formulating the question is just lazy polling.