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Post by Seaboots on Dec 3, 2021 18:47:15 GMT 1
When did you have your first ciggie ?
Mine was in 1970 when 16. I used to pinch the occasional Players No.6 from my mum’s bag. When I started to earn some money went on to Embassy, probably for the coupons. I then went to sea where Embassy weren’t available so I switched to Rothmans. I packed up altogether in 1986. The worst ciggie for me was B&H.
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Post by traveller on Dec 3, 2021 19:52:55 GMT 1
Glad to say never smoked, other half was about 14 years old, gave up about 30 years ago, the funny thing is, and it shows how addictive it is, I love the smell of someone smoking, particularly small cigars, during the smoking years, I always knew when it was time to light up, because I was waiting for it too. My parents didn’t smoke, I think if you lived in a household where smoking was the norm the temptation was greater.
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Post by Veem on Dec 3, 2021 19:59:37 GMT 1
My best friend pinched a Senior Service from her father's cigarette box which was on the grand desk in his accountancy office. The house had wide window sills, so we pushed up the sash window in her bedroom and sat outside on the sill to have our furtive puffs. It was awful, though neither of us wanted to admit it. I suppose we were about 14 at the time.
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Post by mangetout on Dec 3, 2021 20:18:12 GMT 1
Don't do it. My husband is dying as a result of smoking, so is my brother in law. Lots of other friends went the same way.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2021 20:21:34 GMT 1
So sorry Mangetout
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Post by tim17 on Dec 3, 2021 20:45:09 GMT 1
Was given my first fag aged 8 by my neighbour whilst watching the FA Cup Final, my father effectively died at 70 from the effects of smoking for all of his adult life. My OH and I both gave up 20+ years ago and luckily have never had the urge to start again.
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Post by JohnnyD on Dec 3, 2021 20:47:30 GMT 1
Never smoked…..I watched my father die horribly from lung cancer when I was 13, my mother died from a stroke when I was 25, and my sister died of throat cancer when I was 55……..they all smoked……I got the message quite early on luckily,
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Post by FFS on Dec 3, 2021 20:56:43 GMT 1
I think I was 14 or 15, at boarding school, rollies at the time. The first tailor-made was a Winfield, I think. Not sure if the worst was More cigarettes, long, thin brown things, or menthol cigarettes, I think the latter.
My father was a Rothman smoker, he'd probably still be smoking them now if my mother hadn't killed him when he was in his mid-sixties. (Not entirely sure about the last bit, but I think she was instrumental in it.)
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Post by ajm on Dec 3, 2021 20:58:13 GMT 1
I remember Woodbines in a 5 pack when I was about 15.Never really took to cigarettes and went on to cigars and a pipe. Stopped over 30 years ago as did OH. Don't go there!
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Post by Seaboots on Dec 3, 2021 21:34:53 GMT 1
UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid is trying to push through a plan to stop people smoking outside pubs and hospitality events. Boris and others in the cabinet are against the idea.
For once I agree with Boris.
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Post by flober on Dec 4, 2021 9:11:50 GMT 1
Woodbines could be bought singularly with a match from the local paper shop.
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Post by monsieur3seas on Dec 4, 2021 9:46:10 GMT 1
I had my first woodbine when I was bout 6 bought from a shop as above - the shop, in Hackney Wick, sold to children as young as 5. I didn't get addicted until about 30 and gave up about 10 years later. Embassy and B&H, most of my tools bought with Embassy vouchers!
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Post by Nifty on Dec 4, 2021 10:06:09 GMT 1
Cigarettes are for those with money to burn. By the time I was abt. ten I was smoking a dried herb sometimes called mother-die that was available freely. When I had too much money I wanted to look cool and took to Consulate, until one of the blokes reintroduced me to dried herbs.
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Post by hal on Dec 6, 2021 18:08:43 GMT 1
My first cigarette was a Gold Leaf. It was after Lotus appeared on the Monaco grid in 196? and I thought that looked cool! Proof that tobacco advertising works! I wish now that I was not so weak, despite having given up 25 years ago.
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Post by houpla on Dec 6, 2021 18:28:01 GMT 1
Although he didn't smoke, my grandfather had a drawerful of pipes and tobacco from the days when his brother lived with him. When I was around 5, he gave me one to try. Bless him! He knew what he was doing. Took me a while to regain a normal colour and stop retching, but I've never touched a cigarette or any other form of tobacco since.
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