Is smoking cigarettes a mortal sin for Catholics?

Answer 1

Answer Is smoking cigarettes a mortal sin? I hardly think so; I would be surprised if it is. It certainly doesn't reach the spiritual significance of missing Mass, or eating meat on a lenten Friday. Answer In my opinion smoking will cause your health to deteriorate and sometimes may lead in to different types of cancer. So you are causing harm to yourself. That is similar to violating the fifth commandment, "Thou shall not kill". Following is stated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church; This information is illustrated in regards to the fifth commandment ("Thou shall not kill") Respect for health 2288 Life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God. We must take reasonable care of them, taking into account the needs of others and the common good. Concern for the health of its citizens requires that society help in the attainment of living-conditions that allow them to grow and reach maturity: food and clothing, housing, health care, basic education, employment, and social assistance. 2289 If morality requires respect for the life of the body, it does not make it an absolute value. It rejects a neo-pagan notion that tends to promote the cult of the body, to sacrifice everything for it's sake, to idolize physical perfection and success at sports. By its selective preference of the strong over the weak, such a conception can lead to the perversion of human relationships. 2290 The virtue of temperance disposes us to avoid every kind of excess: the abuse of food, alcohol, tobacco, or medicine. Those incur grave guilt who, by drunkenness or a love of speed, endanger their own and others' safety on the road, at sea, or in the air. 2291The use of drugs inflicts very grave damage on human health and life. Their use, except on strictly therapeutic grounds, is a grave offense. Clandestine production of and trafficking in drugs are scandalous practices. They constitute direct co-operation in evil, since they encourage people to practices gravely contrary to the moral law. Please follow the link below for more information.

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Faith United: Disparate Faith Groups Come Together Against Big Tobacco

In 2005, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and leaders from many different religious denominations launched a national campaign - Faith United Against Tobacco - to mobilize the faith community across the country to support proven solutions to reduce smoking.

Faith groups involved in Faith United include, among others, United Methodist, Presbyterian, United Church of Christ, National Council of Churches, Seventh Day Adventists, American Muslim Foundation, Southern Baptist Convention, Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism, Church Women United, Church of the Brethren and Islamic Society of North America.

We were involved in Prohibition and against pornography and gambling as predatory enterprises. Fighting tobacco use also fits well with Christian and other faith groups' teaching in general that the body is a holy temple.

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Answer 2

In certain religions--Mormonism, Seventh Day Adventists--it is considered a sin. Religious views aside, consider your health while making the decision to smoke (or not smoke). I hardly believe that God wants anyone to die of lung cancer! Some religions consider the body "the temple of the Lord". Would you smoke in a temple? Why jeopardize anyones' health, especially your own?

Answer 3

yes because it can kill you but other than that it's not a sin but i don't smoke 2 reasons! reason 1: i can kill me like i said earlier in his answer reason 2: i'm only 12

Answer 4

Yes. Smoking is indeed sin. So is eating too much, for that reason. Any thing that negatively affects the body or our temple is sin.