Cannabis smoke ‘less likely’ to cause cancer than cigarettes

SMOKE from cannabis is less likely to cause cancer than tobacco smoke, according to new research.

The study appears to contradict the official line from the State, which maintains cannabis contains more cancer-causing chemicals than tobacco and doubles the risk of certain types of cancer. The country’s top drug advisor, Dr Des Corrigan, said some research linked cannabis with cancer of the lip, tongue and tonsil and that much of its damage was caused by the fact that it usually smoked with tobacco.

Research published in the Harm Reduction Journal claims that while cannabis smoke and tobacco smoke are very similar chemically, their effects are very different, and that cannabis smoke was less carcinogenic, or cancer-causing.