Health impacts of cannabis: focus on smoking vs. vaping effects on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems
While vaping cannabis may mitigate some combustion-related harms compared to smoking, it introduces distinct respiratory and cardiovascular concerns. Evidence on long-term comparative safety remains limited, highlighting the need for longitudinal and experimental studies examining health outcomes across different modes of consumption, devices, temperatures and formulations.
Authors
- Apsara Ali Nathwani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2899-1577)
- Anasua Kundu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0051-5816)
- Michael Chaiton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9589-2122)
Institutions
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- 3M (United States) (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- GTx (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mcp.0000000000001239
- Primary Topic
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00