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Vaping weed is very popular, but users should be aware it carries risks

Vaping pot from an e-cigarette can be relatively odorless and discreet, compared to smoking dried marijuana flower. And because it is cooler, it may be a little easier on the lungs than smoking. But it is rife with chemicals whose safety profile is unknown.

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Yuki Noguchi is a correspondent on the Science Desk based out of NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. She started covering consumer health in the midst of the pandemic, reporting on everything from vaccination and racial inequities in access to health, to cancer care, obesity and mental health.
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