This is my letter My name is Deb and I vape I smoked for 28 years. The last 10 of which , I smoked 2 packs a day. I started at 14 with my smoking. I have tried to quit several times over the years. I tried the patch…. With that I found myself removing it so I could have just one more smoke. The gum just tasted nasty. I found myself resorting to smoking just to get rid of the taste of the gum. Then in 2006 I had a brain tumor removed. I went 9 days without a cigarette. I thought this is it, I’m finally going to quit. Wrong! The second I got out of the hospital I made my husband stop and buy me a pack. There I was right back to 2 packs a day. In 2008 I nearly died. I was in a coma for 3 weeks and when I woke I was paralyzed unable to speak unable to move. I had to live in a nursing home….. I would cry and cry, my husband new what I wanted, I wanted a cigarette. So, finally one day he gave in. Wheeled me outside and held my smoke for me. That is how strong addiction was. I am now at 0mg of Nicotine, thanks to vaping. I started at 24mg just 9 months ago. You would think after 4 weeks of being unconscious and not smoking, that would be the furthest thing from my mind…. But, you would be wrong. I was in a nightmare. Unable to move or speak, but wanting this thing so intensely. I was consumed with the urge to smoke. No one was going to take it away from me again. After I was able to do it on my own again I spent as much time as possible outside. Once I got home, I spent most of my time in my garage. I thought for sure I would die a smoker. Then one night my sons friend (mind you, he is 20) had an e cig with strawberry flavoring. I asked to try it….. OMG!!!! It tasted good, and it felt like a cigarette. Could it be, could I have found an alternative? So, the next day I went on a quest to find what he had. I landed in vape shop in St. Cloud, Mn. I bought my first E Cig….. I have never looked back. I am 9 months smoke free. That number is huge!!!! That would have been 2 packs a day for 9 months! Over 10,000 cigarettes. I feel amazing! I can breathe, I don’t wake up hacking in the morning. I can smell and taste everything! My husband and boys couldn’t be happier. My doctor says my lungs sound great! I agree with keeping it away from minors, but, I LOVE my strawberry flavored E cig, please don’t take away my right to vape.