I started smoking before the age of of 16. By the time I switched to vaping I was a 2-pack a day smoker. My father died of lung cancer and my mother has COPD. I needed to make a change but had tried so many times with gum, patches and cold turkey with no success. My first day of vaping was my last day of cigarette smoking. I still vape, I enjoy the habit and the flavor but I’m at a 3mg nicotine level, down from 24, no coughing in the morning and I feel better and I’m comfortable with this choice over tobacco. It’s been 5 years and I have never had the desire for a tobacco cigarette since then. I feel better at at 57 than I did at 52, and if it’s harm reduction vs safe I’m okay with that. We all make choices about what we do our don’t put into our bodies and this choice is mine.