When people smoked tobacco with the pipe, I thought that they were actually cooking up something with fire. When it was done "cooking", they would suck the pipe and "eat" some sweet-tasting, warm, gooey caramel-like substance.
A childhood belief about smoking

others believed things like this
- I thought the tip jar at the restaurant was so people could give the chef cooking tips for how to cook better.Anon
- When I was little I thought people smoked cigerates to keep warm.Anon
- When I was young I thought people smoked to stay warm.— Phil Stam
- I used to think a drain pipe in my backyard led to another world.Anon
- I used to think that my dad was "smoking pot" when he would smoke his pipe while sitting on the toilet. Anon
- I used to think that Tabasco Sauce contained tobacco, and therefore was actually "tobacco sauce."
Anon