I started smoking when I was 15 yrs old. It quickly grew into a pack a day habit. For the rest of my teen years I was hooked on cigarettes. As I got older, it was became increasingly difficult to go without a cigarette an hour. When I was working, and I had limited breaks, it would be two smokes in a fifteen minute period, followed by chain smoking during my lunch break. I tried a lot of different smoking cessation products. The patch, nicotine gum, Chantix. Nothing worked long term. I would quit for a day or two, then stress would bother me and I would light up. It made my life hell. I could barely sleep at nights, I smelled like a walking ashtray, my clothes would be covered in ash. It was a filthy disgusting habit. But it was a habit that was hard to break. Smoking also caused tooth decay, and gum issues. I will be living with those for the rest of my life no matter what I do. On April 7th 2013, I got my first Personal Vaporizer. Purchased for a local shop in Jacksonville, FL. That day was the last day that I smoked a cigarette. I went through 2 sinus infections and an ear infection as my body healed. I coughed up some of the nastiest stuff you could ever imagine. In the end I kept on vaping. I knew it was better for me than smoking, but I also know that it is not the same as removing all nicotine from my body. I am still addicted to nicotine, but now that all of those other chemicals are not present, I need less. I started vaping at 18mg/ml. Within 3 months I was down to 12mg/ml, another 3 months later and I was down to 6mg/ml. I currently bounce back and forth between 6 and 0 nic. I enjoy the flavoring, I enjoy the feeling of feeling my lungs with vapor and exhaling it. I enjoy knowing what chemicals I am inhaling , instead of it being hidden from me. I am a 33 yr old male and I enjoy the taste of cotton candy vapor. I can’t hide that. I love it. It has saved my life.