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How Cannabis Can Help You Quit Cigarettes
“Government’s a joke. All dey wan’ is ya smoke cigarettes and cigar,” Bob Marley told HIGH TIMES for a 1976 cover story. “[But] cigar wickeder den herb. Yeah, man, ya can’t smoke cigar. Smoke herb. Some big cigar me see man wit’, God bless! Me tell him must smoke herb.”
Given the fact that daily marijuana use doesn’t negatively affect health, while tobacco kills millions of people worldwide every year, that’s some pretty sound medical advice from the dearly departed reggae legend. Puffing a joint instead of smoking a cigarette is, after all, an incredibly healthy, rational, life-affirming choice. And best of all, according to a new study published in the journal Addictive Behaviors, inhalation of the compound cannabidiol (CBD) — found naturally in cannabis — significantly decreases tobacco smokers’ desire to light up a cigarette.
“This is the first study, as far as we are aware, to demonstrate the impact of CBD on cigarette smoking,” according to researchers at University College London. “These preliminary data, combined with the strong preclinical rationale for use of this compound, suggest CBD to be a potential treatment for nicotine addiction that warrants further exploration.”
Investigators conducted the double-blind study by supplying one set of participants — all tobacco smokers hoping to quit — with inhalers containing CBD, while a second set got a placebo. Over the course of one week, both groups were instructed to use the inhaler whenever they felt a craving for tobacco.
“Over the treatment week, placebo treated smokers showed no differences in number of cigarettes smoked,” according to the study. “In contrast, those treated with CBD significantly reduced the number of cigarettes smoked by [the equivalent of] 40% during treatment.”
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2014/08/how-cannabis-can-help-you-quit-cigarettes/
