If you smoke cigarettes, it’s easier to smoke pot

If you smoke cigarettes, you’re 10 times more likely to start smoking pot daily.  Makes sense, right?  The behavioral habits are already strongly established.  The big problem is that this is especially true for kids. About a third of 12 to 17-year olds who smoke cigarettes start smoking pot every day.  Kids, with their immature brains and lack of experience, think that pot is a healthier alternative to tobacco.  It’s less addictive, less harmful with less stigma than cigarettes.  Since pot may lessen the withdrawal from tobacco, people substitute marijuana to eventually stop smoking tobacco.  One of the reasons for the decline in cigarette smoking might be due to the increase in using pot.  Long-term use of marijuana includes memory loss and severe periodontal disease and jawbone loss.  Do what you can to stop smoking anything.