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Em 1.º de junho de 1973, A Sentinela classificou a nicotina entre as drogas viciantes, impediu os usuários de tabaco de se batizarem, deu aos usuários batizados um prazo, como seis meses, para parar, e orientou que os que não parassem fossem removidos da congregação.

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Declaração explícita · 1 de junho de 1973 Verificado

Em 1.º de junho de 1973, A Sentinela classificou a nicotina entre as drogas viciantes, impediu os usuários de tabaco de se batizarem, deu aos usuários batizados um prazo, como seis meses, para parar, e orientou que os que não parassem fossem removidos da congregação. Source: The Watchtower, 1 de junho de 1973Source: God’s Kingdom Rules!, 2014

A posição da organização ou explicação posterior: O Reino de Deus já governa! (2014) chama isso de ‘mais um refinamento moral’ produzido por Cristo, e o índice da organização o lista sob ‘1973, tobacco and other harmful addictives’ entre as crenças esclarecidas.

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Publicação primária das Testemunhas de Jeová Verificado

The Watchtower, “Keeping God’s Congregation Clean in the Time of His Judgment”

1 de junho de 1973 · pp.340-341 · pars. 22, 24 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“They may now be given a reasonable period of time, such as six months, in which to free themselves of the addiction. … If persons already baptized are not willing to abandon their addiction to damaging and enslaving products, what then? … They should therefore be removed from the congregation due to such conduct unbecoming a Christian.”

The article classifies nicotine with addictive drugs, says those still using tobacco do not qualify for baptism, gives already-baptised users about six months to stop, and provides for expulsion if they do not. The two quoted sentences are paragraphs 22 and 24.

Nota de procedência e verificação for The Watchtower, Keeping God’s Congregation Clean in the Time of His Judgment

Nota de confiança. Article opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026 and read in full. Paragraph 22 sits after the page 340 marker and paragraph 24 begins immediately after the page 341 marker; the article runs pp. 336-343.

Corroborado por. src-chg-p-km-1974-02-employment-tobacco, src-chg-p-kr-2014-ch11-tobacco

Notes. The ellipsis joins paragraph 22 to paragraph 24; the intervening paragraph 23 compares tobacco withdrawal with withdrawal from hard drugs.

Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-chg-p-w-1973-0601-congregation-clean

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God’s Kingdom Rules!, “Chapter 11: Moral Refinements—Reflecting God’s Holiness”

2014 · pp.111-112 · par. 13 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“In 1973 a further moral refinement came. The Watchtower of June 1 explained that no Witness of Jehovah could remain in good standing in the congregation while carrying on this death-dealing, defiling, and unloving practice. Those who refused to give up the misuse of tobacco were to be disfellowshipped.”

The 2014 history describes the 1973 decision as a refinement brought about by Christ, and a footnote adds that ‘the misuse of tobacco includes smoking it, chewing it, or cultivating it for such uses’.

Nota de procedência e verificação for God’s Kingdom Rules!, Chapter 11: Moral Refinements—Reflecting God’s Holiness

Nota de confiança. Chapter opened on the Watchtower Online Library on 19 September 2026. Paragraph 12 straddles the page 112 marker and paragraph 13 follows it, so paragraph 13 is on page 112; the chapter runs pp. 108-117.

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Notes. The organisation’s current framing of the 1973 change.

Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-chg-p-kr-2014-ch11-tobacco

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