Why you did start smoking and what age?

Poll - Total Votes: 31

Curiosity and interest (without that anyone smoking in my environment before)

Friends ("Peer-Pressure")

I grew up among smokers

From party-smoker to regular smoker

Someone made me do it

Other role models (older siblings, older friends, cousin, etc.)

I started smoking as a teenager

I started smoking as a an young adult/older teenager

I started smoking as a child

I started smoking later in life (Adult)

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What were the influences why you started smoking and how old were you?

If you started young as an child or young teen or as an adult, I would be interested in why - i can't put that all in a survey 😅 - feel free to write to me or leave a comment here ;)

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exexec · 70-79, C

I don't smoke, but my wife started in college when all of her friends and dates smoked. She would never smoke around me or let me know that she smoked. She stopped after we had been married a while.

SomeMichGuy · M

@exexec I'm glad for you both; the end results can be horrific.

exexec · 70-79, C

@SomeMichGuy Lynn's father died at 49, attributed to smoking. Her mother died in her 70s after suffering from chronic pulmonary disease from smoking. Her brother died at 70, partly as a result of smoking. She was smart enough to quit, although she never actually smoked a lot.

SomeMichGuy · M

@exexec Good!