Seven Steps From the First Cigarette to the Grave

Many people, especially younger people, take the first step into smoking because it's cool. The desire to be a part of a cool group provides the necessary psychological power to deny at the outset that you are damaging yourself or others. This is the main root that parents should address as soon as their children can talk. It doesn't take a bible scholar to see that each of these steps involves an inclination, or inclinations and actions that are contrary to the spirit of christ. When the desire to be cool overcomes the call to wisdom and humility and freedom and self control, coolness has become an idol. It has become more precious than the way of christ.