What is the ruling on smoking, with a refutation of the specious arguments raised about its permissibility or detestability, and can it be said to be prohibited on the basis of preventing harm and blocking the means to evil?

Smoking is prohibited due to the many harms it entails, harms that have been confirmed by the statements of specialists and the statistics of organizations. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said concerning it: "There shall be no harm or reciprocating harm." It is not correct to compare it to onions and garlic, for not every unpleasant thing is forbidden, but the unpleasantness of smoking differs from the unpleasant smell of onions and garlic. Tobacco is the second largest cause of death in the world, and smoking can also lead to drug addiction and other prohibitions.