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At what age did you first smoke?
For most, tobacco use probably started in childhood. So, at what age do most people start smoking? In the United States and much of Europe, research suggests that regular lighting up typically begins between 15 and 16 years old.
How does it feel when you smoke a cigarette for the first time?
First-time smokers often feel pain or burning in their throat and lungs, and some even throw up the first few times they try tobacco.
Why is it bad to smoke at 14?
Cigarette smoking during childhood and adolescence causes significant health problems among young people, including an increase in the number and severity of respiratory illnesses, decreased physical fitness and potential effects on lung growth and function.
What happens when you start smoking at 14?
Surveys among young adolescent smokers (12–14 years) have found active smoking to be associated with asthma/wheezing and rhinitis,23, 24 particularly in girls. Smoking has also been associated with asthma-related wheezing symptoms in 15–16 year old adolescents.
What if I start smoking at 15?
Someone who starts smoking at 15 is 3 times more likely to die from cancer than someone who starts smoking in their mid-20s. The younger you start smoking, the more damage there’ll be to your body as an adult.
What was your first experience with smoking like?
My first cigarette was a remarkably enjoyable experience. There was a sense of calm and well being as well as the novelty of watching smoking leave your mouth. Of course, I wanted another. And another. Within days, I was experiencing nicotine cravings.
What was the age limit for smoking in the UK in 1989?
Back in 1989, there were no age restrictions on buying or consuming cigarettes. The shop next to school used to sell single cigs to school kids. The U18 disco, though not serving alcohol, had no issues whatsoever with kids smoking. (It was easier for kids to get hold of alcohol back then compared to now, but they didn’t sell it at the U18 disco.
What was it like to smoke in the 1980s?
Within days, I was experiencing nicotine cravings. An empty, irritating sensation – rather like feeling hungry – but wanting to smoke instead of eat. Within weeks, I’d become a regular, daily cigarette smoker. In the 1980s and early 1990s, smoking was widespread. I smoked at work, in pubs and on public transport.
What does it feel like to be a cigarette smoker?
An empty, irritating sensation – rather like feeling hungry – but wanting to smoke instead of eat. Within weeks, I’d become a regular, daily cigarette smoker. I smoked my first cigarette in 1989, when I was 23 years old.