Smoking, Vaping Weed Increases Risk Of Asthma Attacks Among Young Adults, Study Finds

TUESDAY, April 21, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Weed might increase a young person’s risk of an asthma attack, whether or not they are smoking or vaping it, a new study says.

Young adults had 57% to 81% higher odds of an asthma attack if they smoked or vaped cannabis, researchers recently reported in the journal Chest.

“Inhaling marijuana products — either smoking or vaping marijuana — was significantly linked to an increased risk of asthma attacks,” concluded the research team led by Dr. Eric Mortensen, chief of general internal medicine at UConn Health in Farmington, Connecticut.

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