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Puff, Puff, Pause: The Real Risks of Vaping CBD
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Puff, Puff, Pause: The Real Risks of Vaping CBD

When Your CBD Vape Tries to Take Your Lungs on a Joyride

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Ben Caplan, MD
Aug 30, 2024
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Here’s a read of this study from last year, inspired by this thread on Twitter

As the popularity of CBD continues to skyrocket, so does the number of ways people choose to consume it. Vaping has emerged as the fast & easy choice for many, touted for its quick onset and convenience. BUT, a study at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, led by Dr. Yasmin Thanavala and her colleagues, between January 2022 and January 2023, loudspeakers some new findings and concerns to the forefront, and they suggest, from a mouse model, that the very method designed for ease of use could be causing more harm than good, especially to your lungs.

This post peels away some layers of the onion, probing into the study's findings, breaking down what they really mean, and then takes a critical magnifying glass to examine the study's methods and serious limitations. At the end, I commnt on how these findings stack up against the real-world experiences of CBD users, and why more…

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