I remember in the late 70’s or early 80’s riding my bicycle to the convenience store to buy my mother a carton of cigarettes. Technically I think you needed to

I remember in the late 70’s or early 80’s riding my bicycle to the convenience store to buy my mother a carton of cigarettes. Technically I think you needed to be seventeen to purchase them in Michigan at that time, but I just told the person behind the counter I was buying them for my mother. I was around ten years old.