My name is John. I’m 20 years old, and I smoked for around 2 years. I bought my first pack of cigarettes on my 18th birthday, and things only got worse from there. By the time I was 19, I was a pack a day smoker. Crazy right? i also had issues with marijuana abuse at the time (for which i went to rehab and am now sober, almost 11 months now). During the time that I was smoking cigarettes, my health definitely declined. I was having difficulties breathing, so much so that I stopped going to the gym. Things got so bad that I was having to smoke when anything even mildly stressed me out, and my breathing, sense of taste/smell, and overall health declined. I was introduced to electronic cigarettes in march of 2013, and I loved them. I didnt have enough money or desire at the time to get an electronic cigarette, so the idea remained at the back of my mind until June of 2013. During June i was admitted to an outpatient drug rehabilitation program for marijuana abuse, at which time I decided that it was time to stop smoking not only marijuana, but cigarettes as well. Not only that, but I turned 10 of the 15 people in my group onto electronic cigarettes. They all stopped smoking because of electronic cigarettes. Letting go of both cigarettes and marijuana at the same time was very difficult for me, so I looked to electronic cigarettes to help. Ever since then, things have been great. My lung health has improved greatly. My sense of taste has come back. And the icing on the cake, it greatly helps me with my cravings for marijuana. I am now down to zero nicotene content, and vape simply as a hobby. It is something that I love to do, and it has improved my life in so many ways. After adopting electronic cigarettes, I have never smoked another cigarette. It has almost been 11 months since my last cigarette, and I can say with confidence that no matter what happens, I will never smoke a cigarette again. Vaping is one of the best things to ever happen to me (besides rehab) and it makes my life better and easier every single day. I dont smell disgusting anymore, my doctor isnt on me to quit, my dentist isnt sneering at my teeth anymore, and my girlfriend actually likes the way I smell now! How can it get any better? I have turned many of my family memebers over to vaping. My great uncle, who is now 91 years old, uses electronic cigarettes. He had emphysema and was living in a hospital. Since taking up vaping, his doctor has seen so much improvement that my uncle no longer needs to stay in the hospital, and he no longer uses an oxygen tank. All of that progress in 1 year. 1 YEAR! This is truly amazing, and I am proud to say that i am a vaper, and vaping has not only dramatically improved my life, but I can say with confidence that it has done the same for countless others