How old would your children need to be before you started buying their cigarettes?

What's a good age for responsible parenting? My parents settled on 10 with me.

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MaryJanine · 61-69, F

My sister-in-law told my brother (her husband) that she started smoking at the age of twelve, but I doubt her parents bought her cigarettes then. She likely got some older kid and bribed him or her with her allowance, or she cadged them from her parents behind their back.

fumialari · 31-35, M

@MaryJanine Does she still smoke?

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

Like a furnace. Her doctor and parents and husband and son are all after her to quit, but it's like she doesn't hear any of them.

fumialari · 31-35, M

@MaryJanine She must really enjoy her habit.

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

She does. There's no other explanation for it.