I was tired of tasting ashtray all of the time. I smoked for over 6 years. I went from a pack a week to over a pack and a half on an average day. I stank of tar and smoke. My car smelled like an ash pit. I started smoking, full aware of the risks associated with it. Various diseases and cancers, as well as medical history in my family was not enough to crush or curve my decision. One day I woke up, as I had many days before, tasting ash and tar in my mouth, and hacking black/brown stuff from my lungs. Enough was enough. I wanted to feel better. Vaping was not enough in the beginning. I would still smoke a cigarette here and there. But I went from a pack a day to 1 or 2 cigarettes a day in the first week. Once I removed myself from an environment where smoking was prevelant, I quit altogether. Today I use a combination of electronically devices and mechanical mods with a 0mg-6mg liquids. On average I vape the equivalent of less than 2 whole cigarettes a day. I started vaping as an alternative to traditional tobacco products in November of 2014. After 2 months I was completely tobacco free and continue to live my life with a new standard of self worth and accomplishment. Today I no longer have a smokers cough. My car smells normal, my skin is more clear than it has been in over half a decade and I can BREATHE.