My name is Angie and I started smoking cigarettes when I was 12yrs old. I married at 16 and had my first child @17. The stress of being a young wife and mother only made my smoking habit increase. My marriage ended 2yrs later due to his abuse. I tried to quit smoking many times over the years. The gum, the patch, numerous e-cigarettes-nothing worked. On Dec 26, 2009 I had an ischemic stroke that has left me with short term memory loss, no balance, unable to find proper words to speak, left side deficit and weakness and a brain aneurysm. I quit smoking. For a year. I started smoking again. My son started vaping and two years ago he started working for one of the largest vape co on the east coast. He set me up with a vape pen and e-liquid. It took me a year to wean off the cigs but I did it! Vaping works! I’ve been smoke free for 13 months. I started on 2.4mg nicotine in my e-liquid and now only using 0.6mg. It’s the only thing that worked for me. And has probably saved my life.