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

I remember those machines. I used to see them all over, especially in the train "L" stations - and, no matter where they were, they were almost always busy.

@SW-User I wish they still had them, they weren't hurting anyone!

@fumialari there are actually a few of those machines still around; now they're only in age-restricted places (i.e. bars, casinos, strip clubs, etc)

When my mother used to work in a restaurant as a waitress, there was a bar next door where my dad used to go. In the reaches of my memory, I recall, just inside the doorway, was a row of cigarette machines. This was in the early 60's, so I guess this was a longtime thing. (The restaurant and bar are no longer in operation.)

@MaryJanine Those machines still exist; although they are few and far between

@thisguy20 I suppose you are right, though I never took up the habit.My dad used to grouse that "that stupid machine" didn't carry or else always otherwise out of his brand of cigarettes (Camel.) I once walked a Camel for a mile..old joke from an older commercial.