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I was just 11 when I started smoking in the 1980s. Finding cigarettes was easy. My mom was a smoker, and when she reached the end of a pack, she¡¯d send me with a dollar to the corner store to buy more. Back then, there were no laws against selling tobacco products to kids, so the store clerk thought nothing of it.

Sometimes, I¡¯d sneak cigarettes from my mom¡¯s supply. Other times, I¡¯d get them from the ¡°cool¡± kids at school who...