I started smoking at age 16,daily at age 17, cigarettes are easy to get no matter how old you are. I smoked a pack a day for 24 years, full flavor,menthol. I swore I would quit hundreds of times, and was successful for about 3 days. I tried the gum and patches, but my oral fixation was never satisfied and now I was buying patches/gum and cigarettes. I figured I was someone who couldn’t quit, even after losing loved ones to smoking,and was ready to accept my fate. One day a friend let me try his e-cigarette, he said it helped him stop smoking and he could breath better, sleep better, taste better, and he didn’t smell like an ashtray.(I never realized what an ashtray smelled like, because I smelled like one)I tried it and liked it. He helped me get set up with my first vaping setup. After a week of using it I stopped buying cigarettes, and haven’t had one in over a year. With the help of other E-cig users online and in local shops I found a setup that works for me. I have successfully lowered my nicotine intake from 18mg down to 6mg, and will get down to where I’ll no longer need nicotine at all. As with anything, certain foods are unhealthy, the water we drink can be unhealthy and even the air we breath can be unhealthy, I would assume e-cigs to be the same. Since I’ve stopped smoking and started using e-cigs I feel better and healthier. I know first hand cigarettes were killing me, e-cigs are not. The only thing that bothers me is that they are called e-cigarettes and it carries the stigma of tobacco and the harm and addiction associated with it. My e-cig looks nothing like a typical cigarette and is not used as a cigarette. I prefer to call it a vaping device, that has nothing to do with smoking.