I was 14 or 15 (9th grade) when I started. I smoked about a pack a day until I turned 20. I stopped a month after my 20th bday and haven't smoked since and its been almost 12 years now.
I started smoking regularly at 12. I had my first at 9 and it felt great , all my friends either felt sick or dizy, I didn't. I've made a few halfassed attempts to quit but I don't really want to.
I started smoking when i was 19, pretty stupid time to start as I had gotten through all the peer pressure!! Im more of a social smoker, although if i have them in the day ill smoke them, but at the weekends and when im drinking its a must!!!
I've been smoking on and off for the last 16 years. Pretty stupid, I know. I do consider myself a social smoker. I would have one after an occasional drink at a dinner party. I don't smoke in my house, my car, in front of my DH or son and now we are not allowed to smoke in restaurants either. I would say on average, I smoke about a cig or two a day.