I think you should not limit yourself to dating somebody older or younger.
Your lungs are changed forever from your first cigarette.
My mom started smoking when she was 11. She went to the hill next door to try her first cigarette. She set the entire hill on fire, but it didn't deter her.
Young people think that nothing bad will ever happen to them.
My daughter teases me once in a while saying, Remember when you used to be my mother and you had black hair?
... I learned the hard way that just as I no longer have to save anyone, neither do I have to be saved.