I've never smoked myself, and I never intend to start.

Back when I was around 16 or 17 I took one puff from a cigarette, not with any intention to smoke it all, but just to see if it was as bad as I imagined it to be. It was! Ugh!

My father smoked quite a bit when I was young, so perhaps I didn't notice the smell so much, but now I'm in a completely non-smoking household I really notice if anyone lights up nearby.

I respect the right of anyone else to smoke if he so wishes, just please don't do it around me!