I smoked for 40 years. I started at the age of 16. I intended to quit all along but it was always, I will quit when I have a baby, I’ll quit after I get through this event, then I will quit after I get through the divorce. It was always something. In the past few years I knew even more that I really needed to quit. I was starting to feel it. My chest was tight, I would get winded and I couldn’t talk on the cell phone and walk without getting winded. What was I going to do? I also have had to stand outside in dark corners on the outside of buildings next to the homeless folks and around back doorways of hotels to try and grab a quick smoke. I knew that sooner or later this would be an issue and I would get robbed or mugged or worse. I had quit for a couple of years in my history and at that time had stopped cold turkey but I started back. I don’t even remember what trigger made me start again. In the past when I had stopped I would get so far into it and then be grieving because I missed the smoking process. For me it is all about the inhale and exhale. I physically could feel my body hangering for that activity. In the past I have used the nicotine patch, horrible product, delivers too much nicotine. I got a prescription for Chantax was afraid to take it. I bought the fake looking cigarette device from a good company and loaded up on cartridges with full intent to quit again. The taste was horrible but I kept it around to use when I was traveling and didn’t want to go outside to smoke. I researched but did not understand what I was looking at and viles of juice kind of overwhelmed me. Again, what am I going to do? I know it’s bad for me, I know I need to quit but I just don’t see a window where I can do it and stick with it. I guess I will just accept my destiny of whatever years of smoking will bring. I started passing all of the vapor shops popping up and signs about electronic devices but I was afraid to go in. Finally, a couple of my outdoor smoke friends had a visitor in from another city for work. She was a middle aged woman as myself and was standing there with a little stick with a tank on it making vapor which looked like the smoke off of our cigarettes. We started talking about it and the next thing I knew I was up in their office testing their devices. One of the other ladies had been to the store a night before and was explaining everything to me. We then all 4 left to go try and find a vape store around our office area. The one we came upon was a smoke shop with a small section of supplies, it was a no go due to selection and it being in the middle of a smoke shop, just two different things. We agreed we would go to a better one at a later date. The next day on my way home from work I made the big step and stopped at the local vape store. My friends had told me how helpful and wonderful they were so off I went. I walked in said I smoke X brand and I have no clue. They were wonderful, they set me up with a tobacco flavored eliquid, another flavor that tasted like Dentyne gum and a charging stick. I went home and was so excited that I might have a chance to quit. I talked to my husband and the next day we took him to the store and set him up as well. Over that weekend I played with my new device and decided on Saturday night that I would give it a go. I would see if I could go all day on Sunday without smoking any cigarettes and just using my device. That was the last cigarette I smoked and it’s been almost 2 months ago. Oh my gosh, I am no longer smoking cigarettes. I had smoked a pack of cigarettes a day, every day for 40 years. I now was using this device and not missing it and enjoying the activity. Since that time I have ordered over 50 flavors of eliquid from various vendors on line. The variety is unbelievable and allows each person to individualize this experience to meet their needs. I no longer use any tobacco flavored eliquid and find that I like the sweet candy flavors, the sweeter the better. I also was surprised to find that I like the bakery flavored options as well as some coffee flavors. I am enjoying it so much because it allows me to enjoy flavors of things I would never allow myself to eat. I have dropped from the original 18mg of nicotine originally down to 12mg after about 30 days and now I am using 6mg. Now this is unbelievable to me that I have quit smoking, and have significantly dropped my nicotine level very quickly. I don’t know if I will ever stop vaping but I do know that I am no longer using the combustible cigarettes. That I am no longer getting all of the horrible chemicals that somehow got past the regulations and were allowed to be placed into the cigarettes originally. I know that my chest feels soooo much better, that I can breath so much deeper. I am able to walk and talk on the cell phone at the same time. I know that I have the potential to live a longer and healthier life now. This is all wonderful. When my lady friends and I go out for Ladies Night dinner there the 5 of us are. We used to all 5 be sitting there outside in the patio area puffing our cigarettes. Now of the 5, three of us are vaping, 1 used vaping to quit and then stopped using an electronic device and is nicotine free. The last one is interested and I suspect when we meet next she will have an electronic device. This is wonderful. Had this product not existed, or had the variety of accessibility of flavors not been available then users would not be able to customize to their needs and get exacty what they need. I am even able to mix a couple of flavors to get something that I really enjoy. This enjoyment is what keeps me OFF of the cigarettes and keeps me satisfied. I get my inhale and exhale and some yummy flavors along the way. Yes these are flavors that a kid would like such as cotton candy, apple rings and jolly rancher grape but this is what works for this 54 year old middle aged successful and professional woman. I urge you to please be careful in the rules you establish. Yes I agree you should not purchase under the age of 18. Even though we both know that if they want it they will find a way. And yes there should be safety caps to keep away from children. But I treat the eliquid the same way as I would my bleach and laundry detergent in keeping away from pets and children. I need for the vendors to be able to create unique and creative flavors of eliquid such as Rasberry Lemonade and Bavarian Cream Pie to keep myself interested. They need to freedom to be able to do this quickly and not get hung up in a bunch of FDA testing and regulation. Otherwise, we all just go back to the smokes which we all know will kill us. I know that the vendors that I am dealing with take pride in their product and are using pharmaceutical grade products and a minimal amount of materials. I am afraid with regulation that all kinds of nasty stuff will start sneaking in the way it did to cigarettes that were regulated. All of those chemicals should NEVER have been allowed into cigarettes in the first place. I urge you and pray for the right to continue to vape. To be able to continue to look on the internet or visit local stores and find unique and different products that keep me vaping and not smoking. This is a wonderful alternative that works. It is proven over and over again. Sure you can stop with the patches, pills, etc. but it is not long lasting, eventually you miss the draw or fall off and go back to cigarettes. I truly do not see that happening with vaping. I do not at this time miss the cigarettes. I am fully satisfied. And until I either get off of it completely or continue to use the eliquid I know that at a minimum I am doing less damage than I was with the known chemicals and combustibles. I can feel that it is better in both my chest and my mouth. Please support our right to vape and appreciate the truly wonderful product that this is. I thank goodness for it as I have hope for the first time. Thank you for your time.