My name is James Huckaby and my story is as follows: I was raised in a home with smokers. My grandparents farmed tobacco and used it as well and here in NC it is a part of our culture. So naturally I began to smoke regularly at the age of 12. The thought of someone smoking at such a young age was neither taboo or uncommon. A majority of my friends began smoking at a similar age and that was just the way it was. I smoked a pack a day without ever lending a thought to quitting until the age of 26. At the time I began to notice my health being affected by tobacco. My stamina was shorter and my breathing had become labored. I struggled to try and stop smoking but my tobacco addiction would decimate my every attempt to quit no matter the method. I tried nicotine gum, wellbutrin and of course cold turkey. Each time I failed my will to quit waned a little. When my grandfather died due to emphysema and other heart health issues I decided to try again. I had heard and seen a device called an e-cigarette that delivered the addictive nicotine with approximately 95% less toxins and decided to give it a try. IT CHANGED MY LIFE. Finally a solution to my problem. I started with an Ego-C kit about 1 year ago and some basic juices and I haven’t smoked a cigarette since. I started by supplementing my smoking with my ecig and soon realized that the cravings were reduced drastically. The smell, cost, ashes, butts and overall stigma of cigarettes have become a part of my past thanks to ecigs. I now use a more advanced version of the ecig and cannot imagine going back. To wrap up I’ll just say this, without ecigs I would certainly still be smoking and subjecting all of those around me to second hand smoke. But I’m not and as long as ecigs remain available and affordable I will never go back. I’d like to take a moment to thank all of those in the ecig community and all of the vendors who provide quality products. VAPE ON!!!