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Does CCC 2291 imply smoking is sinful?

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This says: > Smoking in moderation is not a sin at all (CCC 2290). The statement "Smoking in moderation is not a sin at all" can be found elsewhere like here and somewhere there . I have two concerns on that statement. --- **First concern**: But what about CCC 229**1**? > 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. > > 2291 The 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. Smoking involves drugs such as marijuana or nicotine right? So how can smoking be permitted under non-medical circumstances? I operate under CCC 2291 not prohibiting drinking coffee in moderation as caffeine , while it is a drug, is GRAS and CCC 2291 instead referring to drugs that have or should have government warnings or prescriptions from doctors. --- **Second concern**: The Catholic Church is against masturbation, but it seems to me that smoking is worse than masturbation .
Asked by Red Rackham (718 rep)
Nov 11, 2015, 08:28 PM
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