Pope Urban VIII, on January 30, 1642 issued a bull Cum Ecclesiae , in which he responded to complaints by the Dean of the Cathedral of Seville, by declaring that anyone taking tobacco by mouth or nose, either in whole pieces, shredded, powdered, or smoked in a pipe, in the churches in the Diocese of Seville, would receive the penalty of excommunication latae sententiae
Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, compounds and carcinogens, hundreds of which are toxic and at least 70 of which are known to cause cancer
Because nerves (which incite sensations or relay information to the penile arteries) play a crucial role during erection, nerve damage is likely to interfere with the normal sexual performance
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