My name is Jacob Parker. I recently turned 18 and have been smoking cigarettes since I was 13. I started out young because my friends were always older than me. I didn’t do it to seem cool, they just always told me that it helped relax them. And seeing as I had really bad anxiety, I thought I would give it a go. I had been smoking for four years until I realized I needed to stop. I could no longer run a mile, the smell was getting too strong, and I would always feel miserable. However, on my sixteenth birthday, my friend bought me an alternative, the silver Nuvo. I didn’t think it would work, but it made quite a large impact. I went from smoking two packs a day to not having smoked in about seven months. I’m able to run and play frisbee again. I don’t smell the way I used to, and slowly I’ve been dropping the amount of nicotine in my e-liquid. I haven’t been craving a cigarette at all anymore, and overall life just feels easier. The banning of ecig use will not do anyone any good. People like me received a lot of help from electronic cigarettes. Even if it’s not the nicotine people crave, it might be the feeling of having the vapor in your mouth. Honestly think about the fact that there are vapers that have an oral fixation as opposed to just nicotine. The electronic cigarette has helped a lot of people, and more will die at a quicker rate if these become illegal.