I was smoking since I was 15 – but I doesn’t know it perfectly. I remember me as the age of 6 and collecting/puffing cigarettes that other people threw on the sidwalk. I enjoyed smoking, at the end i smoked 15-20 cigarettes/day. I could do long-term flights on a plane without horror and craving for cigarettes. I didn’t smoked in my house or when other people were near to me – i always tried to go away with my cigarette. I tried to quit smoking, but only the thougt of NEVER EVER AGAIN was killing me. I stopped it about 3-5 times for max. on week. Then one day, i was able to stop it for half a year, but only with the picture in my mind, that i would/could smoke a cigarette in future if i like. I know people who could do that. Smoking during one evening 2-3 cigs and then stop it. But after the half year, i returned to old habits… During the half year of, i heared about the ecig, so I checked the topic in the internet. From the first day I was excited, because this was the first thing, i could imagine would be an great alternative for cigarettes. I smoked hookah a lot at college time, and the ecig seemed very similar – so there was a positiv attitude for it. Since i started,i never thought of beginning with cigarettes againg. Sure, i tried it sometimes just for the fun of it. I remember a scene: Me standing on train station (in the smoking area by the way) asking for cigarette. Then i smoked/vaped on the same time for a direct comparison;o) The last cigarette i had to throw away after 3-4 puffs, then holding on my device for relief. I think i will tests cigarettes over and over again in special situations (old friends hanging out) but just for the fun of it. For me the most important thing is: I don??t care/think about smoking anymore. There is no need for in myself. After over 1 year of vaping – i know that i would carry on vaping, even when science shows that is is equal harmful to normal smoking! There are so many other benefits, the cigarettes could never catch me again. But when the vaping becomes more and more controlled by the government, so that you feel like a criminal when using it. Or the devices are restricted, there is a high danger of being cought by cigarettes again. Keep on vaping, feel free to correct my bad english… Philipp Lang