This is the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
What is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol?
This is the cannabis product which can be extracted from any part of the plant.
What is Hash Oil?
The no of FDA approved medications for smoking cessation aids
What is 7?
These are the no of youth who used E-cigs in the year 2021
What is 2.06 million?
These are the 2 additives used in E-cigs
This lung function is not affected by marijuana smoke.
What is diffusing capacity?
These are the 2 Ph's that helps inhalation and oral absorption of nicotine?
What is
1. Acidic(5.6-6) -inhalation
2. Neutral (7) - oral absorption
Marijuana smoking does not cause this lung pathology.
What is COPD?
This is the quantification unit of cannabis smoke exposure and is defined as.
What is Joint-years; "1 joint year is equivalent to 1 joint of marijuana smoked daily for a year. "
These are the essential components of an e-cig
What is
A mouthpiece
E-liquid
Battery
Atomizer
This was the first FDA approved medical use of marijuana.
What is severe childhood epilepsy?
These are the different generations of E-cigs
What is?
Cig-a-like
Vape pens
Mods
Pod based
These are some of the nicotine effects on brain development
Memory deficits
Attention
Auditory processing
Impulsivity
Learning difficulties
Anxiety
Mood swings
Despite its bronchodilator effect, these are the three symptoms consistently associated with marijuana smoking.
What are wheeze, cough, and increased sputum?
In the US, the past-year and past-month prevalence of cannabis use have increased by these percentages.
What are 60% and 75% respectively?
These are the major components of E-liquid
What is
Nicotine/THC
Flavorings
Additives
Synthetic nicotine
These are the 5 biomarkers of lung inflammation
Mucin(MUC5AC)
CC16
Neutrophil elastase
Matrix metalloproteinase 2(MMP-2)
Matrix mettalloproteinase-9(MMP-9)
These are the two smoking techniques which can predispose marijuana smokers to this complication.
What are Valsalva maneuvers and deeper inhalation (breathe up to 4 times longer)?
What is barotrauma?
These are the case definition criteria for EVALI
What is?
Use of e cig or related products in 90 days
Pulm infiltrates on chest xray or CT
Exclusion of lung infection based on -ve results on other clinically indicated resp inf disease testing
Absence of likely alternative diagnosis(cards,rheum, or neoplastic process
These are the two histopathological changes associated with marijuana smoke and lung cancer.
What are squamous metaplasia and overexpression of pretumor molecular markers?