I started smoking when I was 12 or 13. Don't know why, I was just interested in what it would feel like and liked it after i tried it. I was a heavy smoker until my mid/late-20's when I gradually tapered off and then just stopped all together for about 5 years.

A few years back I started to smoke again when a friend recommended it for back pain I was having. Now I smoke 3-5 times a week, mostly in the evenings, to help with back pain and/or just to relax.