Smoking or Drinking which is worse?

[nick08]

Neither drinking nor smoking is good for health. Any of the two should be taken moderately. A heavy drinker of alcohol may prove to be dangerous and can cause the people to act violently or in an uncontrolled manner though smoking does not have that immediate detrimental effect.

[aasim]

Originally Posted by Indiescribe

Of the two most common sins...which one is worse : Smoking or...Drinking?

My opinion says drinking in moderation is far better than smoking (in moderation).

What do you think? Each country has its unique culture of drinking and drinks but smoking is pretty much a mono-culture isn't it.

Of the two i think drinking is worse becoz you dont go high wen smoke, a normal cigarete that is. But drinking makes you go high and you are not in control of your actions or your words. you may do disasterous things that may screw up your life.. so i believe smoking is better than drinking...

[flaco]

Smoking. It ruins your lungs, which can cause you to end up having a much shorter life span. That is just disappointing. Also, cigarettes are so expensive that anyone who smokes ends up not just costing them time from their lives but also the cost of the cigarettes. They are dirty and disgusting. At least alcohol is included as a "scarement" in some religions, smoking is not.

[Oasis]

Smoking is dangerous in the long term. It slowly destroys your lungs, nerves and basically your whole body. Drinking alcohol is bad for your lungs, liver and brain. Well both are bad for your body and mind and both are sins. Drinking is much worse than smoking because it can make you go drunk and when you're drunk you can do a lot of other sins - premarital sex, rape, crimes and other crazy things imaginable. Being an alcoholic is much worse than being an avid smoker.

[Julklex]

Drinking in moderation is fine, smoking in any amounts is probably harmful

However, excessive drinking is just as bad as smoking, it's like trying to choose between cow manure or horse, it's horrible either way

[balajisas]

Both are sins but i say that drinking can be for pleasure or for joy or it can be a symbol of status.Where as smoking is injurious to health and it affects the nearby persons also.

[justlearn]

I feel Drinking is much more injurious to ones health, its worse if a person gets addicted to it. In some of the developing countries the quality is much worse and frequent deaths because of illicit drinking is common.

Smoking for me is not such a big issue unless you are not completely addicted to it. There are some countries where smoking in public places is banned.

[Geminiamp]

I think smoking is definitely worse it's a nasty habit to have while if you only drink occasionally it doesn't too much damage like give you lung cancer. Not to mention the dangers of second hand smoke.

[zhar]

I would drinking is more worse than smoking, I am talking about state of mind, you don't see a smoker having cigaratte and acting crazy. People who drink, act stupid and do lot of crazy things due to their drunken state. So if you want to be in control, don't drink.

[Walker]

I find both of them equally bad.....

One cannot be chosen for another and vice-versa. Both the habits are bad and they would stay that way.

If I still have to decide between the two..with a gun on my head.....

Then...I would probably think Smoking is worse...since it does damage your body however controlled its intake is....while drinking if done moderately...does not leave any harmful marks in your body.

Regards,

Walker

[oo1987]

If we are talking from a theological point of view, I guess both are kind of damaging, but alcohol would be worst because it impairs your actions and so could lead to choices against many religions.

If we are talking physically, I would say smoking, just because of the cancer issue, and how common that disease is. From an addictive standpoint, I would say alcohol, because if you have that gene you will become an addict.

[Aztek]

This is easy. Drinking is much more worse than smoking.

Smoking is fatal to health but only in the long term. A lot of smokers who start smoking in school will usually live until their old age. And only then the health problems will usually start to come. But it's still bad and is a sin.

However smoking doesn't make you drunk. Drinking alcohol does. Being drunk leads to other sins so drinking is definitely worse. Being an alcoholic is also worse than being addicted to smoking.

[MattChow]

I believe that both vices are bad. Neither of them is good if done in extremely. I'm an not a smoker and drinker, but I would say that if you are, do it in moderation. You can smoke or drink, but not to the extent that you'd really get hooked up to it, make sure you still can live a day without them. In short, don't make it a habit coz if you do, it would all go back to you one day, in form of lung or liver disease, or otherwise.

[crowhit]

Both are bad . they are not comparable. they have a great impact on the body . both are an addiction. Mostly you get caught in them forever. both depress you. you get cut-off from rest of the society.

[ro1e]

Both are bad, but i think drinking is most dangerous.. especially when it comes to driving.
But smoking is more disgusting, and stinking...
2 years ago one of my friend drank too much and the story ended when my friend got to the Hospital. Since then.. I refuse to even be near to drinking or drunk people.

[TwistedHe]

I have a friend who had been going to these bible classes on sundays, but then on a Friday night or Saturday night she would go out and get bombed on alcohol and then wash her sins away on that next Sunday.

To me this seems a bit hypocrite like to say that it is ok to be a christian so to speak and then turn around and do just the opposite.

I just don't see how this kind of behavior is ok, Same thing with Smoking, I've seen people go to church on a Sunday and step outside the doors and light up a cigarette.

[bluesnow]

Both smoking and drinking can be damaging to health if you overdo it, but I feel that smoking is worse than drinking.

I think that drinking is alright as long as you don't get drunk. Some people could be drinking for social reasons and sometimes its necessary for them to do so. therefore in such cases its alright to drink.

In the case of smoking, once you start, you can't stop since you'll most likely to get addicted to it and its hard to quit. Smoking not only affects your own health, but also the health of those people around you. Passive smokers are more at risk than the smokers themselves since the smoke they breathe in are not filtered. Besides that, I really hate the smell of smoke.

[zowie]

Smoking is definitely the worst of the two evils. When drinking the person is only hurting himself for the most part. But the smoker is causing all of us non smokers who are in the neighborhood also to be victims to passive smoking.

I am saying this about people who are under control. If it is about people who gets violent after a drink or two then it is a different story.

[Aleiah]

I agree with you, snowball and zowie, I just can't stand or tolerate the smell of a cigarette smoke anywhere. He is not only endangering himself but also non-smokers to his habits. So I would say that smoking is a lot worse than drinking, because when one drinks, its a problem that he himself is affected only. If he drinks and drives then figure in an accident, he would refrain from doing that the next time around. But if he drinks himself to death, then there's no next time for him.

[shailbpl]

As far as I know, these bad habits occur due to Peer Pressure & Lack of Fear of God. Both smoking and drinking have never helped anyone in a positive way - it simply numbs your brain for a while - hence feeling relaxed or supposedly better (ha ha...what a joke). It doesn't solve the problems in life, on the contrary, it might increase your problems in life. So the million dollar question is, Y drink or smoke ?
one answer would be addiction
Another would be arrogance

[oxis]

Smoking or drinking could mean the same thing when it comes to health care. In the same manner, although of different effect, each leads to shortening length of one's life span. Smoking in particular could damage the lungs. While on the other hand, drinking could ruin liver and other internal organs. Both are bad, both are dangerous, both are addictive.

[ZammaJann]

Drinking in moderation cannot be considered harmful as long as it is not affecting your personality. Studies have shown that small amounts of wine may even be beneficial to your health ,however even a small amount of tobacco smoke is harmful to your health.

NOW if we are going to talk about drinking or smoking to excess, I would definitely say that drinking is far worse. Smoking generally only damages your own health, even to the point that you will die prematurely. Drinking to excess, such as an alcoholic might do, causes personality changes which are damaging to the family.

[xzoticx]

Both are bad ...
Drinking can get u killed very easily .. and it has many effects on our body.
Smoking is also bad for long time smoking can be very bad and cause a lot of heart problems .
So i Have to Say both but on my opinion Smoking is worse than Drinking

[0099]

asking this question of which among smoking or drinking is better is like asking which way to die is better, by jumping off a cliff or in a well. friend, one thing which is the main question of worry and attention is that both are addictive, if started once, gets out of control within no time and it becomes almost impossible to leave it. both of them spoil health, smoking contributes to almost every kind of respiratory ailments where as drinking accounts a number of liver and kidney disorders and failures. so before thinking of starting off with anyone of them please give heed to my opinion and don't even try it.

[powerlifer]

Both are extremely detrimental to the heath of the human body.

I have experienced this first hand along with my use of recreational drugs.

Smoking cause vaso-constriction of the blood vessels as well as lower oxygen levels and the overall result is cancer. Their is no benefit to smoking.

I was also an alcoholic still partially am, alcohol is the creates the most toxic metabolites the liver will have to endure. Chronic drinking will set the liver up for diseases such as cirrhosis, sluggish liver which creates a wealth of health problems in it self.

[r1superman]

Personally I think harms the person that does it the most. However I think drinking cause more danger to the people around that person. Smoking mainly harms the person that does it. However alcohol leads to drunk driving and abuse.

[getnitin15]

To decide the worst amongst them would be quite an exercise
although my choice is smoking as it is the passive smoking problem which i don't like. In spite of bans for smoking at public places it is continuing as it is and the agencies are giving it least priority

And the sin thing about this can't be accepted. It's not a sin, it's a matter of personal choice:o

[ediths]

For me, both of them are worse because both has a bad effect to our health and if you are a religious person or believe in God, one shouldn't involve with smoking or drinking. A religious person should be a model for other people to follow

[ultimoz]

my opinion on this thread is that both are not sins, people drink and smoke and this is their own choice but one thing i would like to highlight that do not mix both the things.. when you smoke there is 20% chance of cancer but while drinking when you smoke the chances become 20 times... so live healthy life.

[BlueSword]

For me, both are bad if taken in extreme. Aside from getting all sorts of diseases, it would also affect the people near or in the surrounding. Take for example, this dude who smokes in a public vehicle, he not only makes the others near him uncomfortable with the smoke but could endanger them from second hand smoke. The same with drinking, once the mind is impaired, we can't really tell what the drunk person would do to people around him.