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<font size=3>Please see the article at
<a href="http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/1366/no-smokers-for-my-daughters" eudora="autourl">
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http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/1366/no-smokers-for-my-daughters</a>
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</b>I find it strange that Jonathan Rosenblum does not mention the psak
titled "The Prohibition of Smoking in Halacha" that is at
<a href="http://www.rabbis.org/pdfs/Prohibition_Smoking.pdf%A0%A0" eudora="autourl">
http://www.rabbis.org/pdfs/Prohibition_Smoking.pdf </a> In light of
this, how can one call any young person who takes up smoking a Ben Torah?
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When I emailed Rosenblum pointing this out, he replied, "That is not
a universally subscribed to opinion. I did not want to get into it."
I asked him for the names of those who disagreed with the RCA opinion,
but I have not heard back from him. Does anyone know of a poseik who
permits smoking today in light of what we know of the health risks of
this habit? <br><br>
YL<br><br>
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