My smoking journey started at age 12. I smoked consistently though my adult life and even during pregnancies because I could not quit no matter how hard I tried. In 2009 I tried the drug Chantix. Two months to the day I started taking those pills, I was diagnosed with diabetes. Next was the patches, I didn??t know what to do with my hands after 32 years of smoking !!! So of course that did not last either. My journey finally took me to coming down with pneumonia in 2010, which had me hospitalized twice following a minor surgery. When I woke up I could not take air in??my lungs were stuck together and would not inflate. I was home for weeks on oxygen, and finally someone told me about the e-cigarette kiosk at the mall. I had to try. My first kit was over $100, but that didn??t matter??BREATHING IS NOT OPTIONAL !!! I then found places online to order from and ended up telling others about my story. Thank God I quit smoking!!! I??ve since joined a gym, and have been getting others to switch to e-cigarettes as well. All of my family members are no longer smoking because of these wonderful inventions. And I will tell my story over and over if it will save a life!! I know it saved mine. I have no intentions of looking back ?? I no longer stink, it??s not hurting anyone that is around me and I will never smoke another cigarette again!!!