Yes, been smoking since I was 14-15
I lit my first fag aged 11.
sadly that is typical.
Since the tobacco industry sends more than half its clients to an early grave, they need to recruit schoolchildren while still young and impressionable, to keep the numbers up.
With the habit being more addictive than heroin, a hooked customer will probably be a source of profit for the rest of his (shortened) life.
People who work in the tobacco and advertising industries have to train themselves that they bear no responsibility. it's no worse than driving a train.
Remember when motor racing and sporting fixtures were sponsored by fags? To give them an air of glamour and sophistication, and to get more people to speak in favour of fags.