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Im glad I never started. I was the only one of my female friends who never smoked as a young woman. Back in the 1960s it was considered "sophisticated" and gave you something to do with your hands. At least that was the excuse.We would meet in a bar prior to going out clubbing. Everyone (except me) would sit with a glass of martini in one hand and a cigarette in the other.I once smoked a cigarette at a girls night out (I was a bit drunk). I had no idea how to inhale until someone gave me instructions. I ran to the loo and threw up. I told my friends that was a horrible sensation. They told me I had to "practice". It put me off for life and I was very glad of that.
I can remember my great grandparents on both sides of the family saying all the soot from cigarettes could not be doing any good to smokers and they did not smoke. Even though their reasons may be slightly incorrect they took the correct decision not to smoke,Oddly for various reasons none of my family could go in the forces which promoted a lot of the smoking mainly because of out of shape feet but most lived in to their late 80s / 90s.Strangely I spoke to an RAF man a few years ago and he said nobody in his section smoked.
Most unusual, unless fairly recent. In my time in the RAF (1956-58) of the many men with whom I came into contact, I can only recall one who didn't smoke - I can even remember his name and what he looked like - Bassett, about 5'6", thin as a rake and with huge horn-rimmed specs.Mike
I was tackling a difficult problem at work and lit up. When I put the fag in the ashtray there was one already in it.