We need a wholesome self-image. But by smoking, we are in effect saying to another person that we really don't care much about our own health and well-being. Surely we all know something about the dangers and the destruction to health that smoking can bring about. Example to Children There is also the question of what kind of an example we are setting if we smoke. Children usually want to be just like daddy and mommy or grandpa and grandma.
Children often try to imitate what their parents do.
But the outright hypocrisy of such an approach is easily detected by today's youth. Younger people can tell very quickly who is a phony and who is genuine in his Christian loyalty. On the surface, that argument appears true, but look a bit more carefully. Recent news articles emphasize that nonsmokers can be endangered by tobacco smoke - by merely having to breathe in the stench of the smoke from others. Expectant mothers who smoke have a greater number of stillbirths than nonsmoking women do.