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WHAT AGE WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED SMOKING ?

jillygirl profile imagejillygirlAdministratorLONG TERM WINNER97 Voters

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roneo

Perhaps that should be what age were you when you FIRST started smoking.

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Flossie192020 Months Winner

I started when I was 24 in hospital although my parents smoked quite heavily. I stopped at 69 on 1st October when God was a boy - just goes to show how bad hospitals could be for you...

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Blindfaith

I was approx 14, maybe even younger. I came from a non-smoking household, but thought it was the grown up thing to do 🙄

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lindalou1217 Month Winner

Gosh, I remember when I was about 8 years old looking for good cig butts in my grandfathers ashtrays, I also thought my aunt looked so cool smoking, I couldn't wait to get old enough to buy my own cigarettes.

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Ljmac4 MONTH WINNER

I was 14 when I started.

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LCSunrise4 MONTH WINNER

Started when 14.

i was 15! and if i knew then what i know now it would have been a very different story x

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Polly-PVLONG TERM WINNER in reply to

Me too ERH! And then 45 years later, after this lifetime of smoking, I have been smoke free for just over 3 years. It’s left it’s legacy of COPD but overall, I feel a hundred times better. Much love, Poll x

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Simbalage6 MONTH WINNER

Poll agree's most of us started before we even knew what it was

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LisaE7015 Month Winner

I was 14 too, 48 now, wow 34 years !!

I was 14, thinking it was a clever thing to do to impress an older girl. How young & impressionable I was. Lol.

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NewKaren5 MONTH WINNER

Grrrr, I was 24! Old enough to know better xx

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RisaAvari2 YEAR WINNER

14 years old. My boyfriend and sister encouraged me to start, on Salems, in 1974. I'm 59 now. Been smoke-free 76 days now.

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crossover4 MONTH WINNER3 Months Winner in reply to RisaAvari

wow what encouragement of a lifetime.... smh

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RisaAvari2 YEAR WINNER in reply to crossover

Thanks! Gets a little easier everyday.

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crossover4 MONTH WINNER3 Months Winner

i was 13

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Ciryluk3g6 Years smokefree

12 years old 😕

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tdfreeman124 MONTH WINNER

I was 12

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hails5735 Months Winner

I was 13-14. Im now 61........Its never too late to quit :)