Yeah I smoked as a teen but it wasn't because of commercials or ads.....My dad smoked and My sister smoked , my step mom smoked for a bit.......I tried it at 13 then stopped wasn't interested in it at all then when I was 16 for absolutely no reason at all (my friends did not smoke) I started smoking full time....I believe I was self-medicating my anxiety issues when in realty I would have benefited from some medications and therapy. then of course I was hooked after that. I didn't think of the consequences a lot of teens don't, they tend to think they are invincible so they make risky decisions---for example a HS football player was severely injured when he jumped on the hood of his friends van, fell off then run over by the same van.
I remember taking a note from my dad to the gas station to buy him cigs back then and I also bought mine in the same place. I was never carded back then. The first time I was carded was when I was over 21 oddly enough. I wasn't easily swayed by ads still aren't which is why the anti-smoking ads never swayed me to the other side sooner. I think it was a combo of members of the family smoking and self-medication and believing that I enjoyed smoking. I totally regret that decision now but it is what it is cant change the past can only move toward the future.