My Grandfather smoked his whole life. I was about 5 years old when my mother said to him'if you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate, you have to stop immediately.'. Tears welled up in his eyes when he realized what exactly was at stake. He gave it up immediately.Three years later he died of lung cancer. It was really sad and destroyed me. My mother said to me 'Don't ever smoke. Please don't put you family through what your Grandfather put us throught.`` I agreed. At 14, i have never touched a cigarette. I must say, i feel a very slight sense of regret for never having doen it, because you gave me cancer anyways