I tried my first cigarette at the age of 5, a friend had stolen a pack from a parent and was effectively peer-pressured into trying it. I also had cigarettes with friends off-and-on from the ages of 11 to 15 and by 15 I was a daily smoker. I am now 32 years old. I have tried Wellbutrin, NRT (gum and patches), and quitting cold turkey – and NOTHING has worked for me long-term until I found an e-cigarette set-up to suit me. The longest I ever made it on any other quit method was 11 torturous weeks on a nicotine patches that burned my skin daily and left red marks on my skin for a week after each patch was removed. I desperately want to remove nicotine from my life, so my husband and I can have children. I first tried the cigarette-style e-cigarettes (Blu brand) and the battery life and cartridges weren’t strong enough to keep me off cigarettes. After encouragement from my brother who’s been vaping for 3 years now and the opening of several vapor shops in our local area, I was able to find a pre-packaged set-up that worked for me (eGO 900 batteries and Kanger EVOD tank). It took about a month of a few days of regular cigarettes/ e-cigarette for a few days back and forth for me to really believe it was working well enough to leave the combustible cigarettes behind. Gradually, I started to hate the taste and smell of combustible cigarettes and I am now 100% cigarette free, currently on e-liquids that are 18 mg/mL nicotine. I plan to reduce my nicotine level in hopes that I can be free of nicotine by the end of the year. I don’t enjoy the taste of cigarettes anymore and can even have a conversation with a smoker without touching one. I am grateful there are non-tobacco flavors that make vaping more appealing to me than combustible cigarettes, which has helped me stay off them. I have been so pleased with the switch, I have encouraged other smokers I know to try switching – whether or not they plan to quit their nicotine use, because vaping (while still a source of nicotine) is safer for them than smoking combustible cigarettes.