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By Lisa Fayed, About.com Guide to Cancer since 2005

Study: Marijuana Does Not Increase the Risk of Lung Cancer

Wednesday May 24, 2006
The news of a recent study done at the University of California may assure baby boomers who smoked marijuana in their younger years: marijuana does not increase the risk of lung cancer, at least according to the study. Does the study give the "go ahead" to smoke pot without worry of health problems? Learn more about the marijuana-cancer study...

Suggested Reading:

Bidis and the Cancer Risk
Do Clove Cigarettes Cause Cancer?
Health Effects of The Hookah Water Pipe

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