I started Smoking when i was 16, I tried my first electonic cigarette when i was around 18, It was okay, but the atomizer kept breaking and it became a hassle to keep getting replacements from the online company so i gave up on it, smoked cigarettes for a little while longer then eventually quit right after turning 18. Around 20 i started a new job and starting smoking cigarettes again to get breaks. After 2 1/2 years i started feeling residual effects health wise. I had shortness of breath when working out, and over all poor lung functions. In the last few months before turning 23 I started having really bad sinus issues and throat problems. I decided enough was enough and i needed to quit again. I looked into some Ecigs and got another Pen style model , i think it was the DSE – 901. It was okay but leaked liquid into my mouth and the flavors werent too good. It also had a weak throat hit. I started to dislike it and although it helped me cut back on my smoking I gave up on the thing. My friends mom had gotten an Electronic Mod like Ecig from a smoke shop 20min away called ItisVapor. I tried it and loved it. It had such a strong fruit flavored taste and a great throat hit too. I got one immediately and loved it. I Smoke the strawberry and tropical ice flavors, but keep trying to find more i enjoy. I quit cigs on my 23rd birthday and that lasted 5 weeks. Now occasionally when i am stressed or at the bar i smoke a real cigarette once in awhile. Maybe 1-3 a week tops, if not 0. Anyway ive noticed almost 100% health improvements, sense of taste and smell are back way better than i remember them. I noticed i get the feeling like im loosing my voice sometimes though, and I experience dry mouth, and bad breath (maybe due to return of sense of taste). Either way the benefits seem to greatly outweigh the negatives. Although i would enjoy some real research done on these E Cigarettes. I think its absurd people are trying to ban these things due to claims of gateway drugs into smoking real cigarettes because kids are attracted to the fruity flavors That is absurd. Even if kids like the taste of an electronic cigarette, there’s no way they are going to switch to real cigarettes that taste terrible………. If anything it deters them, and gives a safer alternative just like it does a method for quitting for real smokers.