Smoking reduces blood circulation to the gums, which can cause the gums to weaken and recede
Doctrinal Homily Outlines: a resource for homilists and the lay faithful The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A For a doctrinal homily outline for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A, please click below
You can sip your drink without any worries about germs
Antonia Di Lorenzo Senior contributing editor, Brussels Antonia is a member of the editorial team and holds a masters degree in Law from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy
In addition to the chemical affects of smoking on the bodys blood flow, the physical act of sucking on the cigarette can cause complications with the wound site
After the gradual dissolution of the Hays code from the late 1950s onwards, when all the taboos (homosexuality, explicit sex, drugs, etc.etc.) were suspended, one taboo not only remained but was newly imposed as a new prohibition, a kind of replacement for the multiplicity of the old Hays code prohibitions: smoking
