How beneficial is vaping cannabis to respiratory health compared to smoking?

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Trends in cannabis use among those with and without a cancer diagnosis according to state-level cannabis policy: findings from the PATH Study, Waves 1-5 (2013-2019).Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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2. Medical cannabis: From research breakthroughs to shifting public perceptions and ensuring safe use.Integrative medicine research · 2024
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3. Cigarette smoking status and COVID-19 hospitalization in the context of cannabis use: An electronic health record cohort study in northern California.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024
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4. Cannabis - a Rewritten History and Its Pulmonary Consequences.Maedica · 2022
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5. Vaping-Related Mobile Apps Available in the Google Play Store After the Apple Ban: Content Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020
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6. Cannabidiol differentially regulates basal and LPS-induced inflammatory responses in macrophages, lung epithelial cells, and fibroblasts.Toxicology and applied pharmacology · 2019
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7. A qualitative analysis of cannabis vaporization among medical users.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2019
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8. Cannabis-Associated Asthma and Allergies.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2019
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9. The Impact of Perioperative Cannabis Use: A Narrative Scoping Review.Cannabis and cannabinoid research · 2019
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10. Vaporization of Marijuana Among Recreational Users: A Qualitative Study.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2019
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11. Marijuana and the lung: hysteria or cause for concern?Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2018
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12. Initiation of vaporizing cannabis: Individual and social network predictors in a longitudinal study of young adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018
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13. US Epidemiology of Cannabis Use and Associated Problems.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2018
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14. Marijuana practices and patterns of use among young adult medical marijuana patients and non-patient marijuana users.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017
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15. Prevalence and correlates of "Vaping" as a route of cannabis administration in medical cannabis patients.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016
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16. What Should We Tell Our Patients About Marijuana (Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2016
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17. Confirmation of the trials and tribulations of vaping.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2015
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18. Cannabis Vaping-Induced Acute Pulmonary Toxicity: Case Series and Review of Literature.Journal of investigative medicine high impact case reports
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Corrections and comments

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  Confirmation of the trials and tribulations of vaping.2015

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Funding

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Abstract

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