I was lucky really.

I never went down the smoking road. I did try them when I was fourteen or fiftheen  but it just never happened for me. I was alway waiting for that Eureka moment when I would get some wonderful pleasure out of smoking a cigarette, luckily it never happened. Others of my age group were not as fortunate, the nicotine did a lot of damage. I am still suprised by the number of young people that are smoking today. Particularly since this is a few generations down the being warned path.