My aunt was a heavy smoker for a period in the late 60s, early 70s. When I was a kid, she told me about how she smoked 3 packs a day until one day, she "quit cold turkey." I felt my family had a personal stake in this, since we always invited her over for Thanksgiving. I gave myself a little pat on the back for our collective efforts.
A childhood belief about smoking

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that you could quit smoking by eating cold turkey:)— Loren
- When listening to the radio in the mornings I felt sorry for singers they had to come and sing that early. — Tereza
- I used to believe that when a person was "fired" from their job, that they were literally burned at the stake.Anon
- Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
"Oh, Harry can't mate
He knows it's too late
As he's stalking, oh my..."— Santa Puncher - My mum's aunt gave her daughter a copy of Jackie magazine. She refused to read it as her name was not Jackie.— Helen
- everyone has there own personal sun that follows them around.— kitty kate