Smoked Since I was 12

i started at 11 thinking i was clever stopped for 12 years startef again 2 yrs ago WTF so annoyed with my stupid self

The opposite for me.

I had one cigarette when I was about 19 or 20, disliked it; once tried a pipe, disliked it. I haven't smoked since.

My brother and sisters have never smoked, and neither have any of their spouses and families.

Our Dad smoked cigarettes but once admitted he wished he'd never started. His was of a generation that regarded smoking as normal though, even manly or grown-up or good for you or something equally fatuous. (Few women smoked, in comparison).

I know many people in many different circles, and have done for years; and far fewer of them smoke now, if they ever did.

One striking illustration of this is in clearing the field after a long-running, annual event in which I have been involved for years. Long ago, the floor of the communal marquee would be liberally sprinkled with fag-ends all to be picked up on the clearing day, along with any other litter (of which there was never much anyway, and that accidental). Nowadays you'd find barely a dozen ends - and all outside the tent, [i]not[/i] inside.

Another is just how much more pleasant the pubs are, now that smokers (including of vapour cigarettes) have to light up outdoors.

Same here and I'm 42 now and still enjoy smoking just as much as when I started

Smoking is super gross and bad for you. Don’t do it.

I was 10 or so

smoking killed my mom....horribly. i won't go into details but try and think about quitting. i smoked for 24 years and quit cold turkey. haven't smoked for 15 years.

Every family member (5) who smoked got cancer of some form. 3 died from their cancers.

What brand?

I started at 13. Nobody of my family smoked, but I just liked it.

Since 12?

Quit

I often wonder whether most smokers are people with problems and worries because nearly all the smokers I've met seem that way.

I started later, at 23 years old and have been smoking since. I quit once for a year and it dragged me back in. Addiction can be a tough customer

Smoked as a teen but haven't in over 30 years, both my parents were smokers and they are both gone too soon.

Both my parents smoked when I was growing up. Hated it. Tried it once, and never touched the things since.

no it wasn't

Nasty

I noticed a lot of cigarette smokers started super young.

I started then,smoked with an older cousin,but gave up at 20