I used to believe I could stop pollution if I stomped on every cigarette that people threw on the pavement while still lit.
A childhood belief about smoking

others believed things like this
- I remember back in sunday school that if you stomped on the ground you would hurt satan. Anon
- I used to believe that if you stepped on the cracks of the pavement, a bear would jump up and eat you.— Nina
- I used to believe that dirt roads just needed to be swept (to reveal the pavement underneath). — KSAM
- 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 that the river police were there to stop naughty people from pulling the plug out.— Linda