bombmaniac: fine but dont try to justify WHY people smoke. lets just deal with it…and you know, just because something IS, does NOT mean it HAS to be!
I agree! Yeshivas should work on changing the attitude of smoking being acceptable. In fact, if a boy smokes, that should LOWER his chashivus in the eyes of his peers and the hanhalah. “V’nishmartem meod l’nafshoseisem” isn’t just a nice posuk to quote to your small children, but should be something we actually live by – especially with regards to smoking. Who in this day and age can say, with a straight face, that smoking is not detrimental to one’s health?