I don't know why, but I used to believe that if you smoked and drank at the same time, you would self-ignite and blow up!I believed that until I was well into my teens!
A childhood belief about smoking

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that if you drank soda pop and ate pop rocks at the same time, your head would blow up. — erin
- I used to believe that if you smoked a cigarette while drinking an alcoholic beverage you would blow up!— Sue
- I used to believe that men drank beer and women drank wine. Anon
- I used to think that if you didn't blow your nose and just sniffed the snot up, you head would blow up.Anon
- My Granny said if I drank milk and ate fish at the same time, I would die.Anon
- I used to believe that you would explode if you drank cola and ate pop rocks at the same time.Anon