Like a lot of smokers, I started young. 13 years old. I knew it would eventually shorten my life span, but I did it anyway, because smoking was cool. As I grew older, I started to loathe what bring a pack a day smoker was doing to me. Shortness of breath, mass amounts of tar-darkened mucus every morning, and even sometimes during the day, and I smelled awful all the time. I first tried vaping when I was 21. My friend had a Blu Cig kit when they first hit the market, and I loved the idea of it, but it just wasn’t as efficient as I needed it to be. A few years went by, and while working for a national convenient store chain, I tried Njoy disposable e cigarettes, and shortly after their rechargeable kit. It still didn’t do the trick, so I continued on smoking until November of 2013, when I had absolutely had enough of feeling like garbage all the time. I visited one of my local brick and mortar vape shops and purchased an ego-style battery and a clearomizer. It worked very well for me for a few weeks, but being disappointed with the battery life of the ego battery, I quickly jumped into Mechanical Mods with interchangeable batteries. A few weeks later, I bought my first rebuildable atomizer, and my life changed. I officially had a new MUCH MUCH healthier hobby. Within about a month, I could already feel a physical, and mental change. I was no longer wheezing, coughing up disgusting wads of tar and mucus. And I had officially kicked cancer sticks. Vaping has become so much more to me than just traditional cigarette cessation. I have tons of acquaintances I’ve met through vaping.. A creative hobby of rebuilding dripping and tank style atomizers. I’ve started collecting different mods, and rebuildable atomizers, discovered incredible e-liquid flavors, and most of all, became a part of an incredible community of ex smokers who truly care about others. There’s no other smoking cessation method that has ever yielded this kind of success. Millions of people have lengthened their life span by switching to vaping. I started at 12mg of nicotine e liquid 5 months ago, and now I’m at 6mg. This industry improved my life beyond measure. I feel like a completely different person than I did a year ago. Food tastes better. My nose is no longer half-stuffed at all times. And most of all, I’m not longer inhaling hundreds of harmful/carcinogenic chemicals 20 times a day for 5 minutes at a time. Thank you for reading this. I’m extremely passionate about vaping, and I really don’t know what I’d do without it.