Does your DC in their 20's smoke?

And yes, they could hardly hide their if they were smoking - it’s easy to tell, after all.

Yes, I think I would have tried this approach as well as if mine had. I certainly used it to stop him getting a tattoo on holiday when he was 18.

Both of mine despise smoking and vaping and drugs. DS23 likes a few beers … DS16 has no interest in alcohol.

My eldest dc was smoking since they were about 16, the rest, no. My 3 oldest vape cannabis.

Very difficult to disguise smoking..I can smell cigarette smoke,and I am a smoker!

I know my own DD, and I also know that there’s a vape which has been sitting in its box doing nothing at the bottom of her wardrobe for the past 5 years!

I couldn’t care less if she did or not, her body her choice hence she is honest with me. I’m sorry that you feel the need to be so suspicious of your teens, if there’s a way to get them to hide stuff from you it’s having an attitude like that

No. Neither do my stepchildren and nieces and nephews in that age group.

Of course, what was I thinking. Teens and 20 somethings are always totally honest with their parents.

I'm sure none of them would ever come out with 'oh no I could never...' as part of a cover story for something their parent would clearly be disapproving of 🙃

I’m 25 and I’ve never smoked or vaped either. My dad started smoking when he was about 10 and is completely addicted. I’ve always worried that if I started smoking I’d be like him and unable to stop, so I decided when I was young that I would never try it.

Vapes seem to have become the gateway drug to smoking in young people

My 21 year old son doesn’t drink either and he’s not bothered what anyone thinks.
he absolutely despises smoking and I’m a smoker ( have always smoked outdoors and we come from a totally non smoking family. I’m the black sheep.

he has a very large group of friends who are all 20/21/22 and not one of them smokes but quite a few vape. Actually, some of them are known to smoke weed now and again which seems to be a big issue where we live ( large city in the NW )

what I find weird is I know a few young people who have never smoked but are totally addicted to vapes as they contain nicotine and are known to be addictive.

Two oldest aged 30 and 28 do very occasionally if out socialising. Youngest aged 24 has never smoked . I do have a sneaky cigarette out side, and the look of disgust from youngest confirms that he will never smoke…very happy with that TBH

Genuinely I know for a fact that DD doesn’t - she bought a vape (at the age of 15🙃, she only admitted it to me a few years later) and promptly decided that she didn’t like it. She really hates that her friends are so addicted to them

I disagree. I am like a sniffer dog when it comes to vaping/smoking. I would definitely know. I also know my DS.

No and I wouldn't pay to their university fees if they spent money on smoking. It's a very expensive habit.

People who say 'ds/dd doesn't smoke or vape' are unreliable informants.

I have friends in their 30's whose parents don't know they smoke 😂

DS25 has never smoked/vaped, and has only tried alcohol a few times (doesn't like it). DH and I are mid 40s and neither of us have ever smoked or vaped.

How does he manage to keep the peer pressure at bay re: drinking?

Who knows? They aren't likely to advertise the fact if they do.

Nope - DS24 has never smoked and also doesn't drink. The smoking I am not surprised by as we are a very anti smoking family but I must admit to being surprised he doesn't drink at all. DH and I enjoy the occasional glass of wine but DS has never even wanted to try it.

None smoke cigarettes but DS1 vapes as do I
DS2 and 3 never started either thankfully

No, none of my 3 smoke or vape, or ever have. Niece and nephew both smoked, and then took up vaping instead. About half of my friends children in their 20s smoke or vape at least sometimes, and none of DCs friends do, so I wonder if it is a peer group thing.

Yes, much to my disappointment DS2 does. DS1 doesn’t.

No, thank goodness. DD has absolutely no interest in either smoking or vaping. A lot of her friends though have moved on to cigarettes from vapes as they’ve now become uncool and the ciggies are being seen as ‘edgy + trendy’.. it pains me!! Some of these girls are ones that swore they would never smoke due to relatives dying of lung cancer, even convinced their parents to quit so the hypocrisy is striking!

My son is in his 20s (28) and smokes. Winds me up to the hilt. His grandad died of cancer, no one else in the family smokes. 😢 Have asked him to stop. One day he may come round.. God knows what it'll take. He's seen cancer kill.

Nope, we have DD25, DD24 and DS20 and none of them smoke. I know DD24 tried it but hated it and the other 2, like DH gag when they walk past someone smoking.

The younger teens all say smoking isn’t ‘cool’ anymore and just makes your teeth yellow and your clothes stink….

I still vape (gave up smoking 7 years ago) and get lots of disapproving looks from them all ☹️