When Ed Templeton was a young skateboarder in California, he took Polaroids of his friends smoking at their local park. Those pictures in 1994 were the start of a lifelong habit – Templeton has been capturing youngsters all over the world experimenting with cigarettes ever since. Here: Santiago, Chile, 2002. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





Huntington Beach, California, 2011. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





St Petersburg, Russia, 2007. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





Stavanger, Norway, 1998. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





Barbara and friend, St Petersburg, Russia, 2007. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





Huntington Beach, California, 2012. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





Huntington Beach, California, 2011. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





Polaroids, Huntington Beach, 1994. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





Panama City, Panama, 1997. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 2007. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





St Petersburg, Russia, 2007. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





Kevin and Bryan, Barcelona, Spain, 2002. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





Polaroids, Huntington Beach, 1994. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)





Hesperia, California, 1999. (Photo by Ed Templeton/Robert & Tilton Gallery, Culver City)