International Day of Smoking Cessation: The Russian Orthodox Church compared a bad habit with the sin of suicide Priest Savchenko: Smoking is the same grave sin as suicide Photo © by Shutterstock / FOTODOM / Billion Photos Smoking is not just a bad habit, but causing irreparable harm to one's health, leading to death. That is why, according to the Orthodox Russia movement, smoking is as grave a sin as suicide. This opinion was shared in an interview with Life.ru by the chairman of the movement, deputy of the Bryansk Regional Duma Mikhail Ivanov. Every year on the third Thursday of November, International No Smoking Day is celebrated. In 2024, this date falls on November 21. The interlocutor ... [Read more]