When I was a teenager, we were told at school to ask our parents about smoking. When I asked my dad, he said that he smoked for a couple of years in his 20s. After minimal smoking, 40 years later, he still had the occasional craving.
Guest column, Victoria Timmermans: My pestering doctor wants me to quit smoking
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