I started smoking tobacco cigarettes when I was fifteen years old. It started with the occasional cigarette here and there, because I liked the buzz the nicotine gave me. However, within several months it quickly devolved into a pack a day habit. I tried several times to quit, going cold-turkey didn’t work, gum didn’t work, and patches didn’t work. I first heard about e-cigarettes in 2009 and did as much research as I could on them, eventually I came to the conclusion that they were likely safer than tobacco cigarettes and decided to give them a go. Within a week I had successfully made the switch and haven’t looked back since. I now breathe better, don’t cough up along every morning, have greater physical endurance and stamina, and greater all around health. I truly feel that without e-cigarettes I would still be a smoker whose health was steadily declining.