My name is Cody Ford. Thanks to support from family, friends, and my local vapor stores, I am now smoke free. Since Summer of 2004 (I just turned 17) I have smoked no less than one full pack of cigarettes per day. In 2009, I decided to proudly serve my country in the United States Air Force. I, as well as several dozen other members of my unit, had some difficulty passing our physical fitness test. We simply couldn’t run the 1.5 miles that were required of us. In 2010, the US Air Force decided to make the fitness standard even more difficult. The Top Brass estimated that 25,000 Airmen would be separated because of this. But that is not the total number of people affected. You also have to consider wives and children. Now that number is closer to 75,000 lives completely dislocated. My friends and I decided to make a change. First off, if you were never a smoker, DO NOT CRITICIZE ME! It is impossible to explain to a non-smoker how deep a nicotine addiction runs. We went to our local vapor stores after hearing the buzz about the new e-cigarette and gave it a try. I personally wasn’t big on it at first and ended up back on regular cigarettes. I was getting desperate to quit. I went to my doctor for a prescription of Chantix. It worked for about a week. I tried the patches and lozenges. They are a joke. I decided I had to go back to my vaporizer. Luckily, I was successful this time! And through more support, so were my friends. We all live healthier lives, and best of all, none of us were discharged from the military. Now, a lot of critics tell me