Hello, my name is D. C. Toney. I live in Las Vegas, Nevada and I am a retired police detective, after a career in the U. S. Army. Smoking was always a part of my culture. I am 55 years old and had been a smoker since the age of 14. I have tried to stop smoking hundreds of time. I have tried counseling, Chantix, Nicotine patches, and losenges. For me none of them worked. 6 months ago I was introduced to e-ciggs, from seeing others vaping I inquired. I started out at Sin City Vapor and purchased a EGO starter kit. I started of with 24mg of nicotine. After a week I noticed that I was still sneaking newport cigarettes (my brand). I went back to Sin City Vapor and spoke to one of the cunsultants. I discovered I was still smoking cigarettes because I was not feeling satisfied with the hit from the EGO. I then purchased at Volt Mod and double stacked the batteries, with a cartomizer. This setteled it for me. I now felt satisfied and no longer had a need for Newports. The juice I was using was Smooth Menthol and tasted even better than my old Newports. The cartomizer set up was extremely un user friendly. It took a lot of work to get the thing working just right. When I did get it working just right, the plesure was immense, but it took a lot of work. A month ago I was at Vegas Vapor Emporium, to find a replacement cartomizer, because Sin City was out, as usual. The owner advised me that his store only sells Clearomizers. I ended up purchasing an I Taste mod with a Kanger Pro Tank. I love this becase it is so much less work than dealing with my Volt. I am now down to zero nicotine for 3 weeks. After 40 plus years of smoking cigarettes I can now say that nicotine is not a part of my life any longer. I have introduced vaping to all of my smoking friends. What I have discovered is when they go to a vape store they usually end up with a EGO or some simular starter kit, which does not give them the real cigg sensation and end up continuing smoking. I then suggest that they get a better mod and start off with a juice that taste like their cigarette. After a month of so of this then I suggest they try other flavors and to continue to decrease their nicotine. Thanks to the E Cig community I am now a happy nicotine free Vape Guy.