There’s a difference between “saw a playboy once” and having regular or semi regular access to it.

Same goes for alcohol and cigarettes.

In the US, if you had regular access to those things, you had parents who didn’t care.

It’s also not about kids on the margin. The vast majority of 8 year olds in the US have not tried alcohol, drugs, or cigarettes.

I can’t rely speak to post Cold War Romania.