I started smoking when i was about 14 years old, it was peer pressure from my foster sister. I had tried it and didn’t quite like the first couple drags after the second or third cigarette i liked how it made me feel. I would steal them from my mom and when i had the chance would get someone to buy them with my own money. I did this until i turned 18. Then my now husband came along and asked me to quit smoking because of how bad it was for me and because his mom’s lungs had collapsed before from it and he didn’t want that to happen to me. Because i loved him i quit, but then i began sneaking them at work and whenever i could, then he found out and i quit again. Then i started college, where again i was away from my husband and was around a lot of people who smoked so i picked up doing it again. The summer of my first year in college i told him i was smoking again and that i wanted to find a way to get away from the cravings and that i wanted to quit cigarettes but i wanted to keep the nicotine. His sister had bought an e-cigarette and told me that she could get me a discount for it and i took the opportunity and haven’t turned back since. Since i started i don’t get the cravings to smoke again and i don’t feel like a grumpy old hag like i did when i smoked, because i have limited income i have noticed this is a lot cheaper than smoking and i don’t have to bum cigarettes anymore.