polyrhythmAug 14, 2023

Study Finds 79% of Americans Believe Marijuana is As Safe or Safer Than Tobacco

https://lemm.ee/post/4292897

Study Finds 79% of Americans Believe Marijuana is As Safe or Safer Than Tobacco - lemm.ee

“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)”

Show threadAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetAug 15, 2023
Safer when smoked in the same quantities? Not even close. Marijuana smoke has considerably more tar. Safer when smoked like a sane person? Definitely.
Show threadWhoisJohnGaltAug 15, 2023
Fair point on the Tobacco vs Cigarettes, but generally people interpret the two as synonymous.
Show threadtheragu40

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.

Aug 16, 2023 at 12:15pmWeb