Why did you start using tobacco?

[MalkinMania71]

Stupid and Young. No excuse, but it is what it is.

 

[Craybee]

I grew up in the 'fifties (yeah, I know, I'm an Old Fart)..EVERYONE smoked.....EVERYWHERE. There were no "No Smoking" areas, even in Hospitals (except where Oxygen was in use). People were smoking in Restaurants, Buses, Movie Theaters, and they even gave away free cigs with your meal on Airplanes (you could smoke anywhere on the plane back then).

I remember going to the Dentist and he used to take a drag on his cig every few minutes while he was working on me. Same with my Doctor. We had a cigarette machine in my High School, and they had a "smoker's lounge" for the teachers, and a separate one for students!

Doctors used to advertise for cigarettes on TV, and most of the sponsorship of Television programs was by cigar or cigarette companies. When I mention this stuff to people (who weren't there) they think I'm crazy..... it was a different time.

i think that's something alot of us younger generations are realizing thanks to shows like Mad Men. sometimes i'm amazed that everyone born before 1970 hasn't died of some sort of smoking related disease whether they were a smoker or not. up to a certain time in our culture you just couldn't escape 2nd hand smoke if you wanted too.

 

[eLefAdEr]

When in Rome London, do as the Romans Londoners do.

I spent five months in Europe during my junior year of undergraduate school. I had smoked cigarettes before then, but never for an extended period of time. But in the EU, it's everywhere, or it was when I was there about 15 years ago.

Not only was it one of the worst decisions for my health, it also made no sense financially. Benson & Hedges (the most popular brand), the one I most often purchased, ran about £5/pack, and I bet they're even more expensive now.

I did manage to quit not shortly after I returned to the States, but I picked it up again several years later. The older I got, the harder it became to quit.

 

[kgevans]

i think that's something alot of us younger generations are realizing thanks to shows like Mad Men. sometimes i'm amazed that everyone born before 1970 hasn't died of some sort of smoking related disease whether they were a smoker or not. up to a certain time in our culture you just couldn't escape 2nd hand smoke if you wanted too.

I guess I would have drank tobacco if there was a way to do it.