in 2009, I picked up my first pack of cigarettes. They were menthols with sort of a gum taste. I was a close to pack-a-day smoker for over 2 years. I developed a morning cough that would make my gut wrench every day. I couldn’t walk up the stairs let alone run without feeling like I was going to keel over. In January of 2011 I picked up my first electronic cigarette. It was a White Cloud and it was phenomenal but not quite satisfying. in 2013, I got a recommendation from a friend to try a refillable e cigarette. These came with variable nicotine strengths and more flavors than I thought possible at the time. That following christmas, I opened up my Volt X2 E cigarette with my Kanger Protank 2, 24mg of nicotine, one container of menthol and one of peach e liquid. Starting immediately I noticed a difference. Analog Cigarettes were no longer on my mind, nor did i want one. Why smoke an analog that does so much damage when this thing in my hand is sleek, it satisfies my nicotine cravings, tastes great and makes me feel amazing? After a month of vaping this Volt X2 I noticed just how great I felt. I could start going back to the gym and actually workout without losing my breath entirely. I no longer smelled like an ash tray. My morning cough was gone. I could smell again, I could taste food properly. I started to question why these weren’t thought of decades prior! While I’ve had a few minor setbacks, Smoking analog cigarettes is no longer a priority. it is now May of 2015 and my health has only improved. My latest physical was met with my doctor congratulating me for quitting smoking, when in reality I had been vaping; The doctor had even approved of this in comparison to analogs. I am no longer in need of nicotine at all. I currently have a Sigelei 100w Plus with a Troll Rda, vaping frozen yogurt flavor. All of this is simply a hobby now. I have no need for nicotine, cigarettes. No addictions. Has had such an impact on my life, I will be forever grateful for whoever thought of this miracle. If Electronic cigarettes had been around sooner, maybe my grandma wouldn’t have had to have a tripe bypass surgery. Maybe my good friend’s grandpa wouldn’t have died from emphysema. To ban E cigarettes is to not only threaten the independent businesses that support and supply them, but it is taking a way a safe haven for people who have tried everything in the books to quit smoking and need vaping to help improve their life. Banning E cigarettes is trapping millions of people in the addiction of smoking. it is keeping the door open for serious health problems in the future for so many people.