is it a sin to smoke a cigarette Does God Care if You Smoke? Is Smoking a Sin? What

Biomarker studies are helpful, but they have limits: Differences in personal smoking behavior Short study durations Differences between cigarette brands Long-term effects are harder to measure

People who smoke are at a higher risk of lung cancer if theyre also exposed to radon or certain chemicals in their home or workplace

Rather than setting up smoking as some rarified moral activity needing special and more careful scrutiny than so many other daily actions that arguably impact much more on our present and eternal state, it seems better to approach the matter in the cool and measured way suggested by the Catechism of the Catholic Church

April 30, 1987