Naser Miftari, 27, is a master of journalism student who started smoking at 14. "I quit for three years and started again," he said. "It's better to have some bad habit then not have any." Angy Peterson

Maxwell, 16, started smoking when he was 12. "I was really stressed out," he says. Blake Jackman

Ponja Deruishaj, 19, a sophomore at Temple, says "I started smoking when I first entered college. I was stressed and had financial difficulties." Gniewomira Swaldek

Kara, 21, started smoking when she was 12 in church camp. She describes cigarettes as "love-hate relationship, physically enjoyable." "I smoke for the act of smoking." Gniewomira Swaldek

Alanzo Miller Jr., 60, began smoking at 19, while serving in the military. "I don't have to smoke," Miller said. "I'm just trying to live life." Heather Duffy

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