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I don’t think any Amish group has a prohibition on smoking, though of course some communities probably frown on it.

9cb14c1ec0 1y ago
It varies from community to community. There are some communities that don't care, and others that do definitely prohibit it.
- mothballed 1y ago
  I bet that's about as effective as banning vaping in school. It's also quite common to hear of Amish coming to work on an Englishman's property, and they are very happy to take beer as payment, to be consumed on site...
  - 9cb14c1ec0 1y ago
    Again, that varies from community to community. There are some communities where there is less religious fervor, and more just following tradition, and there are other communities that see their religious experience as the most important part of their identity. The stories you are referencing tend to come more from the communities that emphasize tradition over religious experience. Many people make the mistake of thinking of Amish as a single uniform blob, whereas in fact there are many very distinct subgroupings that don't have much to do with each other. In the state where I live, for example, there are at least 3 different distinct Amish groups (each with multiple communities, expanding at a very rapid rate), each of which does not necessarily consider the others to be true Amish, with the dividing lines primarily being this difference on or not tradition is prioritized over religious experience.
    - mothballed 1y ago
      I'm referring to communities that have banned smoking, specifically. I'm betting that's about as effective as banning vaping in school, mind you to kids who don't even have a job or a car and have mostly been educated from the beginning not to do it.
      - 9cb14c1ec0 1y ago
        > I'm betting that's about as effective as banning vaping in school As I said, it varies from community to community.
infecto 1y ago
I had the opposite impression. Lots of orders will ban tobacco outright. Those that don’t, it’s usually kept only in social settings or breaks and it’s never commercial cigarettes. Usually pipes but I guess they could roll their own cigarettes.

It varies from community to community. There are some communities that don't care, and others that do definitely prohibit it.

mothballed 1y ago
I bet that's about as effective as banning vaping in school. It's also quite common to hear of Amish coming to work on an Englishman's property, and they are very happy to take beer as payment, to be consumed on site...
- 9cb14c1ec0 1y ago
  Again, that varies from community to community. There are some communities where there is less religious fervor, and more just following tradition, and there are other communities that see their religious experience as the most important part of their identity. The stories you are referencing tend to come more from the communities that emphasize tradition over religious experience. Many people make the mistake of thinking of Amish as a single uniform blob, whereas in fact there are many very distinct subgroupings that don't have much to do with each other. In the state where I live, for example, there are at least 3 different distinct Amish groups (each with multiple communities, expanding at a very rapid rate), each of which does not necessarily consider the others to be true Amish, with the dividing lines primarily being this difference on or not tradition is prioritized over religious experience.
  - mothballed 1y ago
    I'm referring to communities that have banned smoking, specifically. I'm betting that's about as effective as banning vaping in school, mind you to kids who don't even have a job or a car and have mostly been educated from the beginning not to do it.
    - 9cb14c1ec0 1y ago
      > I'm betting that's about as effective as banning vaping in school As I said, it varies from community to community.

infecto 1y ago

I had the opposite impression. Lots of orders will ban tobacco outright. Those that don’t, it’s usually kept only in social settings or breaks and it’s never commercial cigarettes. Usually pipes but I guess they could roll their own cigarettes.