**Okay, I just logged on for the first time in a long while, and I see this post. I like the message and all, but I have to comment. Smoking cigs is fucked up, for sure, and prepetuated by some insane lobbying and much bullshit (you think it's bad here go to Central America or most Asian countries). The tobacco industry rivals big oil on my list of corporations to take down once I'm out of law school. BUT, folks who preach about smoking squares had BEST be enjoying their ganja from a Volcano or a bong, becuase smoking just once a day from joints and pipes seems to be worse for you than smoking a few cigs. Check this out:

The Effects of Marijuana on the Lungs
Researchers at the UCLA Pulmonary Research Laboratory studied the effects of marijuana smoking in 75 young men. The men consumed an average of five marijuana cigarettes a day for two months. The study showed that the lung damage caused by four marijuana cigarettes were equal to the damage caused by 112 tobacco cigarettes.

Gabriel Nahas, a leading researcher and anesthesiologist at Columbia University, wrote in the Journal of American Medical Association:

"Cannabis use interfered with cell division...harmed lung tissue significantly, with the damage persisting long after cessation of smoking...lowered the lungs' defenses against bacteria 'substantially more' than does tobacco...reduced sperm counts and decreased testosterone levels (although these effects were reversible after the users stopped smoking marijuana)...."

Although many studies have come to the same conclusions about marijuana smoking and its effects on the respiratory system, some studies have shown otherwise.

April 20, 2005 (from http://lungdiseases.about.com/b/a/163846.htm)

**Now, you know I smoke one or two cigs a day. I'm not thrilled with that. BUT, I have to say it's hard to hear concerns about my health and criticism with open ears, when I don't smoke weed and the folks who are talking do. What you say?