From the time I smoked my first cigarette, until April 9th, 2013, I Matthew McHugh was a smoker! Not an apologetic smoker or a regretful smoker but a proud and happy smoker. 16 years is a long time to define yourself as one thing and its not easy to change, but I am now proud to call myself an ex-smoker! Without vaping this would not be possible. I had heard of electronic cigarettes and seen some of my friends using them but I wasn’t convinced they were a viable alternative to smoking for me. Then I heard that my cousin had quit smoking cigarettes by using one so I decided to try it out. I went out and bought a kit at my local gas station and tried it. Ok, not great but not horrible. Then I went online and did some research and learned about all the different options and variables involved in vaping and bought some different e-liquids and flavors and found that it seemed to taste alot better now. All this time I still smoked cigarettes but not as many as I used to. I kept saying Ok, maybe no smoking tomorrow. Then I just bit the bullet and bought a larger size device and then I didn’t want to put it down. I also didn’t feel the urge to smoke at all! I thought about cigarettes sometimes but it was a weird craveless afterthought like Wow, its been like a week since I had a cigarette. Of course at this point its actually been 114 days since that last cigarette. About 20 minutes since my last vape. I should also note that I am a lifelong asthmatic who can now breath easier as well, with half the medication.