Here's another nonsmoker that knows nothing about what they're talking about. I actually know a lot of smokers who don't even do it for the nicotine -- they do it more-so for the action (having something in your hand/mouth). You do not get hooked on the first drag. From a personal view, I started smoking 4 years ago and never really got "addicted". I can go a long time without having a cigarette; it's not so much an addiction for me as a bad habit. It's something to do; it's social (I met most of my friends in college from our "smoking wall"), it gives me something to do with my hands, something to put in my mouth, it's relaxing, it feels good...there's so many reasons as to why people smoke aside from just the nicotine. This kid isn't going to suffer THAT greatly just from smoking. If that's the worse thing the kid ever does, then I think he/she is doing alright. It's not illegal unless he's underage, and it doesn't cause him to be unable to function or make decisions. No, it's not the best choice in the world to make, but it's definitely NOT the worse; not something that requires rehab, anyway. Send your kids to rehab when they have real problems, like an alcohol or hardcore drug addiction (crack, heroine, Oxycontin, etc), not for smoking cigarettes. Otherwise, you're just running the risk for your child to come home with a WAY bigger problem than a smoking habit. I had to go to an alcohol/drug rehab type class when I misread a kid's ID and ended up accidentally selling beer to a minor; I learned WAY more about drugs and alcohol than I needed to know -- fortunately for me, I took it as a lesson learned to never mess with the hard shit and to control myself when it came to alcohol. Some kids will take it as a lesson to further extend their curiosity, and will end up far worse off than they were before rehab. Think about this shit when you go cheering on the parents for their stupid decisions. My apologies for the novel part, haha. I'm an English major; I can't help it.

I only smoked socially (while out drinking with friends once or twice every few weeks) for years before I became addicted and started to feel cravings. Don't try and preach about things you're ignorant about