Mainstream Cigarette Smoking

The article A Comparison of Mainstream and Sidestream Marijuana and Tobacco Cigarette Smoke Produced under Two Machine Smoking Conditions examines the amount of chemicals released in mainstream and sidestream smoke from tobacco and marijuana. This goal was achieved by using smoking machines set at predetermined smoking conditions to promote the emission of the compounds of interest. Also, due to the meticulous planning and methods standardizations the researchers were able to collect the needed data to learn more about marijuana’s smoke chemistry compared to that of tobacco.
Introduction
The objective of this study was to compare the types of chemicals and chemical concentrations emitted from tobacco and marijuana when being directly inhaled
This particular experiment focuses on the similarities and differences of the chemicals found in mainstream and sidestream smoke only produced from tobacco and marijuana. Even though, understanding marijuana’s smoke chemistry was the primary focus tobacco played an equally important role because it served as a comparison tool. Tobacco was the ideal counterpart due to the extensive amount of research it’s underwent and the fact scientist can now identity over 4000 chemicals in its makeup (Moir). It can also be directly correlated to adverse health effects such as cancer or respiratory diseases, yet the same cannot be said of marijuana despite them sharing similar carcinogens when smoked (Moir). Which was not expected outcome and highlighted the need to come up with a standardize method in order to correctly compare the two. Researchers achieved this goal by standardizing the cigarette preparation, combustion and smoke collection, but it wasn’t without ingenuity because marijuana is smoked differently than tobacco. As a remedy to this dilemma two machines were used to generate the
It is too still relevant regarding the potential hazards of smoking marijuana and the best way to approach studying them in today’s society. The authors excelled at only mentioning key concepts, terms and supporting information without losing the focus of the overall paper. This was especially demonstrated when they provided quick background information on the use of tobacco and marijuana and how that lead to the need to go through with the study. Furthermore, the information was written with an appreciated simplicity and can be read by most people with ease and understanding. All details and information were presented in what appeared to be sequentially order and rank of relevance to convey the bigger picture. However, the experiment and article is not completely without error which was expected. One of the most evident mishaps in this experiment was the cross-contamination that occurred when running the experiment. There needs to be a more sterilized approach so that the data presented can be taken as facts instead of speculations of what is occurring during tobacco and marijuana combustion. Moreover, the graphs and tables presented could have had better positioning creating a better understanding of what was seen during the experiment. Overall, the article is worth suggesting to