Pulmonary Complications of Smoking Marijuana

Number of years smoking half a joint a day

Number of years smoking 1 joint a day

Number of years smoking 2 joints a day

Number of years smoking 3 joints a day

Number of years smoking 4 joints a day

Number of years smoking 5 joints a day

Number of years smoking 6 joints a day

Does the patient smoke cigarettes?

• cough with increased sputum production?

• exacerbations of asthma?

• acute bronchitis?

• dyspnea?

• thermal injury to the airway?

• inhalation of smoke debris?

• apical bullae, pneumothorax and/or pneumomediastinum?

• chronic bronchitis?