Combining marijuana and tobacco may be extra bad for your lungs

Lung damage from study

Pulmonary emphysema in marijuana and tobacco smokers. CT images in a male marijuana smoker show paraseptal emphysema in bilateral upper lobes. CT images in a female tobacco smoker with centrilobular emphysema. Image courtesy of Radiology.

According to new research shared by RSNA, smoking weed in combination with tobacco may increase the risk of damage to lung air sacs.