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"So, do you remember when you started smoking?" I asked.                                                                              "At the age of thirteen."                                                                                                                                                                   "Wow. That's young!" I exclaimed. "And why did you start smoking?"                                                                                                                                                                  "I don't know... I was deep in the woods with some of my friends on a Saturday night and someone offered me one. In a friend group like mine, I guess I'd be a jerk if I turned them down." She shrugged.                                                                                                                                                                    "Alright, and

The smoker walked out onto the stage and sat in a chair. The host nodded with a smile. "So, how long have you been smoking?" They said right off the bat. The smoker wasn't taken off guard. "Mmmm, about fifteen years now....""Have you ever tried stopping?" The host asked in response. "Well, yeah! I always knew about all of the chemicals and carcinogens, but it never actually hit me until I watched a family member get lung cancer..." They frowned sadly."Well that is unfortunate. When did you start smoking?""In high school... I underestimated how hard it would be to stop.... But when I quit my hands started to shake and I didn't know how to keep my stress down. It was a rough time, and the tobacco started effecting me almost immediately. " The host nodded sympathetically. "That's terrible to hear.... Why did you start smoking?" The smoker looked into the distance for a moment before speaking. "Well,