I had my first exposure to smoking when I was 15. My sister had some friends that got us really cheap cigarettes and we would smoke them in the park near my house. I smoked on and off until I was 18 and began buying packs on a somewhat regular basis. By the time I was 19 I was going through maybe a pack a week for a month or two at a time and then would drop the habit for a few months till I picked it back up again. I didn’t really become a habitual smoker till I started hanging out with friends that had already been smoking for years that were half-a-pack-a-day smokers. From there I began buying a pack every few days and smoked every day. From smoking cigarettes I also started smoking cigars and pipes. By the time I was 24 I was smoking half a pack a day and smoking my pipe and cigars in addition to this. While being a smoker seemed pretty natural for me the consequences were not. Sore gums, bad breath, feeling fatigued, headaches, stomach pains, pain with deep breaths, inflamed throat and mouth. Of course my friends would say that’s just what comes with smoking and at first I thought that was true. Spending more money than I would like to think about on an addiction that after I had for more than a few years that I didn’t even want in the first place I was starting to think I would never give it up. I tried snuss and disposable cigarettes but all those did was making me want a real cigarette. Trying to go cold turkey was nightmarish and proved to be too much for me. A few months ago my sister told me that she bought an e-Cig from a friend and that it was working for her. At first I thought what all my other friends thought and that was that this e-Cig was a fad and would fade after a while. She then called me up one night and said she was online getting juice for her device and told me if I’d give it a try she’d buy me a starter kit since she knew I wanted to quit. I said yes not expecting much and waited for the kit to arrive. I say this because I want people to understand powerful this was for me. I got the kit with a case, a battery, a tank, and a charger with some juice and started to vape away. At first I didn’t really like it until I found out just how much was out there. Clearomizers, Cartomizers, tanks, mods, PG/VG, juices, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Once I started getting some new things for my device I finally understood why they worked. For me it was like smoking my Hookah, it tasted great and I didn’t feel like crud using it. Since they I’ve got better stamina, I don’t get headaches, no more painful breathing, no more sore gums, or stomach pains, inflamed throat or mouth. I feel like the very damage done to my body because of my poor choices isn’t there anymore. What’s more I couldn’t believe how cheap it was. I use to spend around $25 a week on packs, now I spend maybe $6 for two bottles of juice that taste and smell a whole lot better. My advice to anyone who is still on the fence about getting a Personal Vaporizer, DON’T BE! I only wish that I had started soon. It’s been over 2 months since I quit, haven’t touched a cigarette once and haven’t even had a single craving for one. My only hope is that by the time I’ve got kids the idea that people are stuck addicted to cigarettes will be a thing of the past.