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.
A childhood belief about smoking
others believed things like this
- when i was little i thought people with big heads or big noses had cancer...Anon
- My Mum told me if I ate too much toast I would get cancer! I couldn't eat it for years and years...— Pauliboy
- I used to believe that smoke stacks that pumped out white smoke were cloud makers.— lizzie
- when I was younger I used to believe that prosecuted meant that you would be killed!— tony
- when i was little i thought a serial killer was someone who killed people for their cereal— emily
- all people who smoke roll up cigarettes have been to prison— spam