First, let me just say I find it strange that you consider the Who "Pete Townsend & co". I'd always say "Roger Daltry & Co".
But apart from that
I did smoke about 2 a week when I was a teenager, just for a few months, but don't think that makes me an "ex-smoker", so have put down non-smoker.
My mother is dying of emphysema because of her smoking - and still won't stop
- having said that she has smoked since the age of 12 and is now 85, so not a bad innings so far, and she ain't done yet!