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Why cigarette, not weed smokers die

In Africa, only South Africa, Lesotho and Zimbabwe have legalised marijuana while Uganda exports industrial hemp. [iStockphoto]

Unlike cigarettes which kill half its users before their 60th birthday, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), smoking bhang hardly kills its users prematurely.

The reason for low mortality among users of weed is pegged on the chemicals in marijuana.

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