@torunn saidMy dad smoked from age 14, it was so cool then (the 1950's) to smoke. He quit about two years before he died.
It's a high price to pay for a habit many of started early and didn't realize until too late how dangerous it can be. I think we were mislead by commercials showing smoking as something quite natural, and so did our parents and other adults.
@yo-its-me saidIt was cool and totally accepted everywhere. In England e.g. it was even allowed in cinemas.
My dad smoked from age 14, it was so cool then (the 1950's) to smoke. He quit about two years before he died.
@torunn saidYes, I remember him smoking everywhere we went when I was young. Cigars with my uncle, roll ups at home and silk cut otherwise!
It was cool and totally accepted everywhere. In England e.g. it was even allowed in cinemas.
I remember the conversations and he definitely said at one point that smoking helped him to breath. I'm sure that was propaganda/ advertising he'd been fed at some point. He did eventually agree it was unhealthy, but the damage was too great apparently by then.
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@yo-its-me saidI think one of the early advertisements was 'a breathe of fresh air.'
Yes, I remember him smoking everywhere we went when I was young. Cigars with my uncle, roll ups at home and silk cut otherwise!
I remember the conversations and he definitely said at one point that smoking helped him to breath. I'm sure that was propaganda/ advertising he'd been fed at some point. He did eventually agree it was unhealthy, but the damage was too great apparently by then.
Killed my nan in her 50's.
@yo-its-me saidA colleage of mine had asthma and he said that smoking made breathing easier.
Yes, I remember him smoking everywhere we went when I was young. Cigars with my uncle, roll ups at home and silk cut otherwise!
I remember the conversations and he definitely said at one point that smoking helped him to breath. I'm sure that was propaganda/ advertising he'd been fed at some point. He did eventually agree it was unhealthy, but the damage was too great apparently by then.
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidWe who smoked were surrounded by smoke, active and passive
I think one of the early advertisements was 'a breathe of fresh air.'
Killed my nan in her 50's.
@earl-of-trumps saidWhat made you start smoking so early? Friends?
Yes, started smoking age 10. that was 1960, so I smoked for 60 years. I was diagnosed with it quite a while ago.
@torunn saidI remember about 1970, on semester break, I went to LA to visit a friend that I had met and who moved back home, LA (Orange County).
It was cool and totally accepted everywhere. In England e.g. it was even allowed in cinemas.
Anyway, I went to see the movie Bullitt - just released. In that movie theater, Mann's Chinese theatre, smoking was allowed during the run of the movie.
That surprised me because it was not legal in the state I was from.
@torunn saidoh, sure. peer pressure. My older brother was a big big influence in my life.
What made you start smoking so early? Friends?