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I was absolutely convinced that the clouds were made from cigarette and cigar smoke and that the reason some people wanted the smokers to quit was so the sun would shine every day. I used to get so mad at my parents (and everyone else) when they would smoke outside and was 14 before I learned the truth. I still hate smokers, though!!
non-smoker
When I graduated from preschool, we had to stand up at a podem, say our names and tell somthing about our family. Well i stood up there and declared, "My name is Heather and my mom is divorced and she smokes pot!" took a bow and left the stage. Well everyone was shocked. My mom never smoked pot, only ciggerets. I saw a anti- drug comercial where they showed a joint on tv, and i assumed thats what my mom smoked. My grandmother was there and all the parents of the school children. The day care workers told my mom that she shouldnt smoke pot in front of me. hahahhahah
Heather
When I was younger I beleived that when you grew up, you smoked (probably because all of the adult around me did). I used to worry that I wouldn't know how to do it or that I wouldn't know how to hold a cigarette!
Poor Misguided Fool
When I first saw my Grandmother smoking I thought that in some way she was a dragon because she was exhaling smoke. When she told me what smoking was (and that I shouldn't do it), I still failed to grasp the idea that the smoke came from the cigarette she was holding. I spent the next 6 to 8 months wanting to be a smoker because i thought dragons were cool. Hey, what 3 year old with a wild imagination wouldn't want to be a dragon?
Confused
When I was younger I caught my mom and dad making their own "cigarettes" and for years I believed them. Until I was old enough to be a party where weed was present. Once a smelled the weed I remembered that it smelled like my mom and dad's homemade "cigarettes". I then realized I had caught my mom and dad smoking pot!
Renee - St. Louis
My Dad is a chain smoker and he used to do a lot of fishing, using maggots as bait. I used to think that his yellow smokers fingers were from picking up the maggots and putting them on the hook!
LadyAnnie
My Dad has always been a chain smoker, and always referred to cigarettes as 'fags' as do a lot of people. When Mum would go to the shop she would ask Dad if he wanted any fags, and he always did - I thought fags were faggots, and thought that my Dad ate rather a lot of them. Yuck.
LadyAnnie
When i was alot younger, i didnt know which end of the cig to smoke, the filter or "cork" as i used to call it or the other end, as ide only seen adverts for cigs and never any one smoking one, or i had and not noticed i dunno. Anyway i do smoke now, have done for some time, and accidently re-discoverd which end to smoke. It was dark, i was drunk, ide brought some Davidoff cigs, that have a white filter, when i buy a 20 deck i always turn one upside down to smoke last the "lucky", a supperstition of mine that its the one that wont bugger up my lungs. any way "lucky" me accidently plucked my "lucky" ciggerette and continued to smoke the filter. I took one drag of the accryd fibre glass and chocked like ide never chocked before. Ive continued to do this twice afterwards, but with normal brown filters, im a stupid fool.
Fool from UK
When I was a kid, I used to believe that smoking "hurt" - that it burned your lips and lungs because you were breathing in really really hot air. This was after the first time I saw someone smoking - my eyes went really wide because I saw the person inhale, and saw the end of the cigarette burn bright red. I pointed and asked "Doesn't that hurt?" before being shushed by my mom.
Mike
My mom used to smoke,and I'd see her ash into the ash tray. One day I got curious and asked her if there was a button on the cigarette that makes the ash fall off. She told me yes but you can't see it. I believed this till about age 10!
I used to believe that people who smoked had a chimney in there throught and that is how they produced the smoke!
Quako
when I was small I saw these little heaps sigarette buds in the street. I always thougth there had been standing a bunch of people smoking together in a circle or something.
later i found out that cardrivers empty their ashtrays on the street....
norrit
When my brother and I were little, my Uncle quite smoking and told us that he did it cold turkey. My brother asked me later why cold turkey helped him quit and wondered how much he had to eat!
Kathleen
When my daughter was 4 she saw a men smoking while shoping with her mum. She was very confused because I (her father) was a non smoker and her mother smoked, so she believed that only women are smoking.
Magic
When I was around 9 years old I used to believe that if you were under 16 which meant you couldnt smoke, the cigerette would know, and if you were under-age would explode. I thought this is what killed so many people. No-one mentioned cancer to me.
anon
all people who smoke roll up cigarettes have been to prison
spam
when I was little I used to watch people smoking cigarettes and I actually thought that the cigarette got smaller cause the person ate them..
I don't know why, but I used to believe that if you smoked and drank at the same time, you would self-ignite and blow up!I believed that until I was well into my teens!
Yvonne A.
I used to use an old trailer at my grandparents' house as a playhouse. Once my aunt came over to 'visit' and, playing hostess, I brought her an ashtray. "Oh, I don't smoke" she said. "You don't?" I asked, incredulous. I was about 3 or 4 and because my parents and many of my relatives smoked, I thought all adults smoked!
Gwendo
My parents were both heavy cigarette smokers when I was a kid. I always heard people say "those things'll kill ya" but I had never heard of Cancer or Emphysema before. I used to have a dream, and it was recurring, that my Mom would be lying on her back like one of those circus jugglers who juggle barrels with thier feet, but she'd be juggling this huge rolled up ball of DuMaurier cigarette packages. I used to go to the store for her and buy them and wonder all the way home how this little package can kill you. And wonder why she was sending me to get them if they were so dangerous!
Lulopu
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