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112 AhtEAIC/1N IOt1aNAt Or aESpMTD11Y ANO CaTCAL laaE MEDICINE VOl r53 t997 <br /> <br /> marquaoa use (IS) to undo;o repeat lung iuoctioo ratios on we stso fined+semnd nndomstfcts condor in which tobsceo and <br /> Up LO six addjtional OCCatWn! u InlervaL of u least 1 yr. The marijuana Wtaa rrar oonarant ooY.riabta, nubcr than tmedependent. <br /> preunt rcporl presents the «sulU of the analysb of this longitu- For thif aaalysis, each subject was clauihM u a never or continuing <br /> dinal study of lung (Ynttlor,. smoker of astir sabeurus setsaratdY, based on whNher the subject wu <br /> dlhd a ttoewoker or ¦ smoky of that subwvtee u ach aad every <br /> time, rapcdiwJY. tkherwise, subjsds were dusifud at intermittent <br /> METHODS stnoksr for that wbthnct <br /> ?he initial sample consisted 01' haltbY volanleere ZS to 19 yr of age, RESULTS <br /> including 114 hw~y, lubitwl smokers of marijuana oboe (MS), 173 <br /> rctular smokers of bob maAJuatsa aad tobatxo (MTS), M smoker or Of the 446 cligibk subjaW Initially enrolled in the study, 394 <br /> toWCeoonly(fS),aad97tsoosvlokm(NS)otasp.wbuantepSySwb• underwent measurements of lung function.Ikmognphicchar- <br /> jau wcn ioitisuY rcrultedfrom the gwenl Los Artgda area through ac[aistics, smoking dates, and FE V, of the 394 uudy participants <br /> newspaper and hello anooanumaU from 1913 through 1913. Cdkrla with evatuabk lung function ue shown io Table 1 by smoking <br /> for study entry haw bcsn previously teporudO3A Speeinally category at the time of study eptry (Visit p. The tobacco-only <br /> were peroro wllo reported current or prevltws utraveoow drug use a amokm were :lightly oltkr then subjats in the other smoking <br /> cmokina of other i0lcit subatM0.Y (as, crack cocaine, pltwsycWiru, calegoties (p <0.0f). 7Tse marijuana smoker were heavy daily <br /> rtuthampheumitte, ltcroin, ana opinro) mdse usw 12 ttma u t1a,Jr tivn smokrrs (mean of motx Than 3.S join[s/d), whereas the tobacco <br /> or within the previous 6 mo. Persoas with ugaifkant aeenpadonal <br /> posureatombsuncssparntiuyhsyrdptstpmpkatorybwlth,orwith smokerssmokedsnaverajeotnculylto].Spaeksoteigarettes <br /> a hinory o?chronk resp(ntory Olness, ttcrealw rxelttded. Da day. The combined smoker of marijuana plus tobacco <br /> Eligible subjects oomplded a AetaBed rspiramry and drug ux qua- smoked less tobacco than did the tobaccoonly emoka: (P < <br /> tionnurcsdsptedfromtheAms+kan7TonckSaday/1VatlostalHan, 0.03), whams the curronl intensity and lifttims amount of <br /> Lang andBioodltuutrote(ATSrttHl.etfgasstloanairs(2~ardtbeNa• marl}uaeasmokingwunotaigniffcantlydifterrntbetwanthe <br /> tiontJlnstitutetmDrugAbuse(NIDA)aatlonwideuusryondlntgabuse dual and marijuana-only smoker. The mean age and tobacco <br /> 121). An «tensive battery of pulmonary fuaetkn tats wa afso per• coosumjNion of the female subjetts in cash smoking category ~ <br /> formed DetalL of the tarot praadma, mK6odf of Wndatioa, aad wet simile l0 those of the male wbjlxXS In the same category. <br /> compultoa with apakd teferentx valsw uxd la the steely have btert 13asetine 9s pnditted FEV, did not differ across smoking tate- <br /> dacribed prcviouilY (1S). A oohed of shoe partldpwu (56MS,12 MTS. <br /> 26 TS, and 10 NS) use uodawatl fibaoOtk htaocltoseopR Monchoal- Bona. <br /> veolu lavaae (14A1), and brooch4l mtteoul ltiapkr u variable tiara Table 2 shows the number of longitudinal aSSasmenU by gen- <br /> tollowint puunoaary fuactios tasting. AsvWU of tM brotlellosaopk der. The mean interval berwept tx)nsecutlve vjsjta was l.7 # 1.1 <br /> rtudiea haw been reported pm9otuly (17, 2A 3)lL (SD) yr, with tlllydrttnm and maximum lnlttt3la of approximately <br /> Sinoe 1915. aknsive e(toeu have haw made w reaootad u tau I and 8 yr, rapedlvely. The mean interval bawern the first and <br /> annually. by mall anti telephone, erg 416 partkipaou who)ud wader- last vkit for earl, subjtxt was 4.9 # 2.0 yr. Nearly two-thirds I <br /> gone lnidd tatlag in 19U tAeoagh 19al. Mau wu eau oader a llS. of the cohort (253/394) were rated on two or more accaslons. ~ <br /> PodalServ{tsarnllauualtthalpror)dedthsserderwltbldeatlneadas Narly all of those slot rotated had moved out of the area or <br /> of the address b whkb the mast was de{ivaeed. Parkipams who were wort othtu7vise lost to f011tsw•up The proportion of male and I <br /> rose 10 to0o"~"up (Ot" '~pf0t ~ ~ °D ~a~°g ~ femafs sub ens who ttndarwent moro than one att of Lung ~un~- <br /> traced thronghwork tebphate numbers, totltaeta 1rltb Iodivkioals idea- ) ~ <br /> rifted by the wbjed a gltdy m Lwow tds err err whawbaw, Suudepad- lion tests wet similar, and the proportion of subjmh who were <br /> meat of motor vehltk roams, voter reairuatloa fuss, tbs U.S. goelal /atpd mor than ontt (MS 66.79s; MTS f6.37s; TS tS4.6We; NS <br /> Seauity t«w.rdlna system, std eoasnwslal credit seareaea A Geld vhtt 7339s) did trot differ slgnlfipntly from those who did not un• l <br /> to the tau know raidma of a panklpam sm utilized U atoassr% logo follow-up tatins by baseline arookiog category (P > 0.09; i <br /> 7heNatirnalDeuhlod«(NDgwuusedtoidsatitydatb3olkeshdy chi•squarsaoalyris). Moreover, within each smoking category. ~ <br /> group NDt seareha srerc run each Scar for indiddwb not kttoww so ,p sigaiflant ditferencu were found in the age. bassllne smok- <br /> bealive at tM end of tbu yar. For datM of uudy wb)retr kkutlfed ~ or baxllne FE:V, of the subjats who were <br /> by she NDI, death tertitlrnss and haphat and psshology records were OnnC and those with mtiltipll toU, acept That MTS I <br /> requested t0 deteradlte the paM Of lath. <br /> Rxamacted patddyams were tnvked ro naddgo abapuewt twrde in the ftdiar-up ywp were sUSbtly lighter lobaao smokm {l6.0 <br /> of «aminuloas at pMaN or a 1 yr, iadudiss an Interval ceplrtory cigaMta/d) than MTS who wtae studied oply once (25.7 rigs- 1 <br /> anti drug uu interview aed u Inu locoed orDitat«Y spiromstrSc 74o tctla/d) (p < 0.05). 1 <br /> «perkasdroehaieiaaswhowesssross•trataadutMuudyprooeduta Fouctan pattieipanh woe known to have died during the <br /> performed ells initial and togow•uD putmonuy fanabu mfr. The same follow-up ptciod, Itttdtd(pg g MTS 2 MS. 3'15v and 1 NS [Chown <br /> pulmoatuy hnalan pulpmsm and I++g+! proadarw wereaad ttaoual~ cauacs of death included sequGed immune dsficknty syndrome <br /> out the uudy (1S). l2ttalfonwha wen at>odolstered by trafood our- (AIDS) (1 MS, I MTS, and 2 TS); violence (3 MTS); suicide (1 <br /> viewer. MTS}; drug overdose (t MTb~; breast Attar (1 MTS and t NS); <br /> oats Analysts end asphyxiation from aspinled ftsod (1 TS). <br /> For FfiV„ nndomtfkete modsUng was used b adman the rate of Ths numbs of sub)eets in lath smoking category who [e• ~ <br /> maiacd continuing smokers" of cash sub:tana or temporarily <br /> dsctlns In lung Mnaion with sae u relation to smokhsg snttu roc martju• quit (tr started) smoking a particular substanpe during the follow- <br /> ana or tobaooo at any polar a time, wNh utwking tutor a ¦ time- ~ ~iod (tintermittent amoken'~ is shown in'tybie 3. More <br /> dependent srovsdabk (21, 2f1.Othsr Dotwdd rovarklrles were height than gpsA of smokva of marijuana with or without robaao ron- <br /> (constentlaad Intrnsky of use of marlJuana (joints/day! and tobacao t'mued m smoke mar wets thfOu <br /> (tieardtaadarl.the wbaaaa-.n.rt)taaa tntaadiaa..aa corms rtndt- U ts?tout tlrc touow.ap perloa, and <br /> ins of each sulrwaor, whkh were all assered m cash survry (tieoe• a <br /> ~ <br /> 7n <br /> s7~rs of~dwl smo bacco acrd ma~uansa con- . <br /> depettdtnU. The model also inclttd:d else from wbjoas with Daly rme J <br /> muaureaxnL These stogie obssrvatltms ooatrlbua ro the sstiwte of tinned to smoke tObaaa Relatively few subjects in any smoking ' <br /> the utettept but do trot attka the slope estimate. The advantage of this ategory began smoking tither tobacco or marijuana Qttring <br /> model is that it Blows for one a more chorea M smoking saws owr follow-up. Although moo smoker of marijuana initially (58sJs <br /> ttma Anuyw were patormsd for sow and vapmap ssyantdy. of MS and 6791 of MTS). including thou who quit smoking , <br /> <br />