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> Smoking marihuana, however, does impart some of the risks of smoking, but not nearly the same. I don't know if it's possible to reach the same level of damage to your lungs with pot as you would with cigarettes.

Why not? Also, aren't marijuana cigarettes unfiltered, unlike tobacco?

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The filters wouldn't make a difference here, since it's the toxins rather than the temperature doing the damage.

> The filters wouldn't make a difference here, since it's the toxins rather than the temperature doing the damage.

I'm confused by the answer: Cigarette filters don't filter toxins? And they do reduce temperature?

The toxins in cigarettes are the danger. Filters do little to stop the damage caused by toxins in cigarettes that simply don't exist in marijuana.

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