Don’t think I would include cigarettes as a gateway drug.
I would. It's physically addictive and it's mood-altering.
If you were to ask, most started smoking as kids stealing cigarettes from their parents. It was their first 'high.'
106 posted on 01/31/2020 11:08:58 AM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker
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