I started smoking when I was 10 years old. Over the last 28 years, I continued to smoke and watched those in my family die of lung cancer. It is sad to say that I watched them die, but still continued to use the product that had killed them. I had tried to quit before, using various methods such as the patch and gums, but it never was successful, sometimes only lasting days before I would go back to my devil. One day I went to my friends house where she and her husband had started vaping. They told me that they hadn’t smoked a cigarette in months and let me try their vapes. I was immediately intrigued and had them take me to their store. After trying some flavors, I walked out with a setup of my own. The first week, I used both regular cigarettes and the vape but after a week I had the courage to put the cigarettes down. How has this changed me? It is if I am not even sure who that person was before. My clothes no longer smell, my hands don’t smell, I can actually breathe better than I have in years. I won’t say it wasn’t (and sometimes is still) hard, but when my children look at me and tell me how proud they are that I no longer am smoking regular cigarettes I feel like I can accomplish any goal. I was a smoker for 28 years. I can now proudly say I am smoke free and a current vaper. I 100% believe it has saved my life.