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Cannabis and tobacco smoke are not equally carcinogenic (2005)
(Les fumées de tabac et de cannabis ne sont pas carcinogènes de manière équivalente)
Auteur(s) :
MELAMEDE, R.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
4 p.
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
48
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Thésaurus mots-clés
CANNABIS
;
TABAC
;
CANCER
;
FUMEE DE TABAC
;
COMPARAISON
;
NICOTINE
;
CANNABINOIDES
;
PHARMACOLOGIE
Résumé :
More people are using the cannabis plant as modern basic and clinical science reaffirms and extends its medicinal uses. Concomitantly, concern and opposition to smoked medicine has occurred, in part due to the known carcinogenic consequences of smoking tobacco. Are these reactions justified? While chemically very similar, there are fundamental differences in the pharmacological properties between cannabis and tobacco smoke. Cannabis smoke contains cannabinoids whereas tobacco smoke contains nicotine. Available scientific data, that examines the carcinogenic properties of inhaling smoke and its biological consequences, suggests reasons why tobacco smoke, but not cannabis smoke, may result in lung cancer. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Biology Dept, Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, USA