At what age should I officially allow my niece to smoke?

Anti-smoking people go away now.

My daughter was allowed to smoke from 14. Now I have a 14 yo niece to look after. She smokes anyway, this I know, but when do you make it "official"?

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Adaydreambeliever · 56-60, F

lol anti-smoking people are people too :P And a variety of answers is good in terms of making a balanced decision :)

The reality is she will smoke anyway.. you know that.. but as her *parent* its still up to us to keep trying to help them break the habit as it's not good for them and it's horribly expensive, to name just a few problems.

14 is too young... their bodies are forming still... legally some countries say it's illegal until 16 or 18

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@Adaydreambeliever I guess in am an anti-smoker, but as a child of 2 smokers who died very young because of it, and a health professional seeing the result in others, you should try to get her to never smoke.