I started smoking with I was 13. I had tried multiple times to quit but was unable to. The only time I went without cigarettes for more then a month other then when I went to BMT for the Air Force. Once I finished BMT I started smoking again. I took cessation classes that the air force provided and nothing helped. I tried the patch, the gum and chantix and none of them kept me off smoking for more then a week. Now at 23 the only thing that has kept me off smoking this long is vaping. It has made me feel and smell much better. I have slowly begun to reduce my nicotine intake and I know it does not hold as strong of a power over me as it use to.