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!
A childhood belief about smoking
others believed things like this
- I used to think that clouds were caused by cigarette smoke— Monkey Dave
- I used to believe that if you smoked a cigarette while drinking an alcoholic beverage you would blow up!— Sue
- I used to think I was a vampire, and that my parents were trying to kill me by making me go to school. — Max
- I used to believe that sunflowers would try to kill people by shooting poisonous seeds at people.— jen
- I used to think that burgulars used to kill people if they ate burgers — angel
- Until I tried it in 3rd grade, my parents told me that if I ate paper my poop would come out in packages.— The Mailman