[eurasiantiger]

”Some risk factors during adolescence and adulthood have also been described, such as having an occupation as a fire-fighter, working with aircraft maintenance and marijuana smoking”

Firefighters and aircraft mechanics get exposed to high levels of PFAS, but what is the devil’s lettuce doing here?

[uejfiweun]

Looked into it and they cite this study:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle...

Which explicitly states that the link is unclear. So it seems to me like they're really grasping at straws here.

[beezlewax]

Burning anything releases carcinogens as far as I'm aware.

[eurasiantiger]

Last I saw epidemiological data, cannabis smokers had a slightly lower odds ratio for lung cancer (<1.0) than non-anything-smokers (=1.0), while tobacco smokers had an OR in the high single digits (>8.0)

[throwaway22032]

I mean, it's literally smoking? Inhaling burnt matter.