I started smoking due to peer pressure while serving in the United States Navy. I quickly became addicted. I continued to smoke for years even though I never really liked it… Hated it in fact. I hated the smell, the taste, the feeling it gave me, hated that I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and the fact that I couldn’t breathe when working out. Unfortunately, I was so addicted that I gave up working out! It may not sound like a lot, but I was tied to that stupid plant (tobacco) for 13 years… couldn’t get away from it. I was at a pack and a half a day, meaning that I loathed myself 30 times a day and wasted $50,000 in 13 years on cigarettes. My in-laws didn’t know I smoked and my fiancee was desperate to keep me from smoking during a long weekend out of town to meet and visit with her grandmother. Now, I’d tried to quit at least 7 times before with the patch, nicorette, snus, cold turkey, Chantix…. nothing helped and I started smoking again during nicotine replacement treatment. So, I stumbled across an e-cigarette starter kit. I was able to get through the whole weekend just fine. Of course, as soon as I got back home, back to my good ole Marlboro Mediums! However, my story of being able to stop smoking for a weekend inspired a buddy who went to e-cigarettes with gusto! AND, quit smoking after a week! He introduced me to slightly more advanced e-cigarette models that had better flavors and produced more vapor. I was enthralled. With the help of vaping, I lowered my cigarette intake from 30/day to 5/day over the course of a few months. Finally, I got angry at myself for purchasing a new pack of cigarettes one morning, went through the Starbuck’s drive through for my coffee, and threw that damned pack in the trash can at the drive though window. Haven’t touched a real cigarette since. That was just under one year ago. NO OTHER nicotine replacement therapy let me go longer than 3 days. E-cigarettes have been a massive help in quitting. Yes, I still vape… I have nicotine cravings. BUT, blood pressure has gone down, I can actually see and taste things… And I’ve started working out again! No more wheezing and coughing or shortness of breath! Personally, I don’t give a damn that the government has concerns over vaping. They tell me to use prescribed nicotine replacement therapy. Well, I took their advice and it failed me. They, as in the FDA and federal government failed me. Factory workers in China who make e-cigarettes helped me. They helped my friend quit; they are currently assisting several other friends quit smoking who just bought their first e-cigarette kit. They helped my father quit smoking. I can count several people in my immediate life (including myself) who have quit smoking with e-cigarettes… I only know of one person who quit while using Chantix. She quit several years ago; and she is currently back to being a smoker. So, tell me how and why vaping is bad?????