Hello, my name is Brian Ford. I’ve been smoking between 1/2 pack to 1 pack a day since I was 21 years old. I am now 28, almost 29. I started using e-cigarettes a little over 1 year ago. The reason why I decided to go to e-cigs was because I tried using a Nicotine patch but had a really severe allergic reaction to the patch. It made my arm go numb, blood pressure spike, and also made me projectile vomit for over 3 hours. I had to be rushed to the ER. I had an allergic reaction to a chemical which has still be unidentified. The doctors could not definitively tell me why it happened. Then I made an online purchase of the company Green Smoke. These are cigarette look-alikes. I did not like any of their flavors, or delivery system, and they were very expensive after shipping. I decided to stop using my e-cig and go back to smoking. Then one of my co-workers recommended Vaping. A more complicated, but more effective way to get nicotine. I absolutely love vaping. My boss allows it, my car no longer stinks, I’ve lost weight, I can actually run more than 1 mile now without feeling like dying. Everything about it has been positive. I am not exaggerating/lying when I say, nobody has ever confronted, or asked me to stop vaping around them. Most of the time a random stranger will ask me about it, and how/where to get one. If bans/fines start being passed for regulations on e-cigarettes, I will go back to smoking. For my health, the positives of vaping/e-cigarettes GREATLY outweigh the negatives. People are worried about drugs being used with them, well the same thing can be said for many household products, however there is no ban on those objects. Ever since I was introduced to vaping, rebuildable atomizers, rebuildable tanks, mechanical mods, and personal vapes – I’ve been smoke free for going on 7 months, and I feel like I’m back to the old 18 year old athlete I used to be. I only used smoke-free products like dip because I didn’t want to smoke in my car, but I’m quiting that as well. I do not want cancer. I started at 24mg nicotine, and currently I’m at 6. I plan on going down to zero nicotine juices. I don’t think people who’ve never smoked in their lives should have the right to pass legislation on e-cigarettes, they’re not qualified. If the government starts banning locations/regulating juice companies/making it difficult for new vapor shops to open, you will be complicit in helping people fall back in their ways of smoking, giving money to big tobacco, and causing more cases of cancer. This is most asinine concern right now. There have been zero cases of people dying/becoming sick from e-cigs. The same people who want to ban people from smoking e-cigs around them, are eventually going to go back to people blowing smoke around their children & pets. E-cigarettes saves lives, improves health, reduces litter on our roads, helps generate local business revenue. I want to ask the people who oppose e-cigs if they would rather have people smoking or using electronic cigarettes around them? Both forms of nicotine delivery are NOT going away, people will find a way to get them, so I ask, which one would YOU rather have?