Those were fun days. I'm older than you and I had my first smokes while babysitting(believe it or not).
When the couple came home they didn't say anything. I don't know if they were smokers or not,but they continued using me as a sitter.
I was 15 years old.
Well, both my parents smoked, but even back then, they told me smoking was bad and if they caught me smoking, they would KILL me. hehe!
I wasn't going to smoke, but one day, at lunch from High School, over at my girl friends house with 4 other girl friends, all smoking.......they finally talked me into it.
Been smoking ever since, and that was when I was 16.
So, it wasn't smoking parents that got me to smoke......or the ads on TV or the Bill Boards........but my peers.