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[The Duke]

I smoked before I entered service, but alot of the lads that never, soon did. It wasn’t encouraged, but it was stressful, and the main reason if you have a big enoght group keep exiting for a smoke, you’ll soon start to follow.

It doesn’t help the average age being about 17 or 18 so your easily swayed to.

We did smoke alot back then, and then I never slowed. Also never helped that my anti and nan would have about 3 hols a year (not together) so I’d alway have boxes of Drum for free, and didn’t buy baccy for years.

I recall once having to buy a 50g pack and it was 7.50, my head almost exploded. I think now they are almost £20 a pack.

Was at a friend’s last weekend and he had a pack of golden verginia, I never like that, to moist for me, but I love the smell of the stuff. My old man smacked GV and from about 5 onwards he had me rolling for him, so the smell is ingrained in my brain.

Also I’m a rolling pro. It’s like riding a bike. I Sat and rolled up a good 20, on Saturday, why my make was smoking at his table.

[Ed P]

I gave up when the first child came along. (Combination of not-pollute the kid and money), before that I was a St Julians rollup king, with 50 Sobranie Black Russians as my Christmas/New year treat.  I can still savour the weird smell of Latakia & Yenidje leaf – not a common odour in this day and age!

When asked by the quack did you ever smoke I reply of course I did, any male my age who says no is either a liar or in a distinct minority.

[Bob Williams]

Funnily enough, I smoked very little actually in Army service, because I was running a lot. Had I done 300 a week then, I would have collapsed after 100 yards! It was after I left that I really started to increase my ciggy consumption. A lot of that was down to what I realise now was depression, caused by losing a family, going back to live with my parents and caring for them for so long. I also worked for the first 5 years, for the worst barsteward of a boss you could imagine, cuminating in knocking out his son and leaving to run a workshop for an old mate.

I never understood how lonely and down I had been, until I met my SWMBO and had an instant family that became my own.

When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
I'm out.

[The Duke]

I don’t think I was doing 40 rolls a day at 16 to 20 either, but by 28 ish I was. I don’t think I was depressed, life seemed to be fine. Went thru uni, had kids and no money, so I may well of just been super stressed.

But smoking was a big part of bonding. Nothing like being piss wet through, cold tired, sore and genually peed off, and some oelne handing you a hot wet and half a soggy fag.

 

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