I started smoking in 1976 when I was 16 and smoked every day except for a few weeks or months here and there when I would try and quit. I actually even made it for 18 months then I got pneumonia and was on Predizone and it wigged me out so bad I started smoking again. I tried patches, gum and even those mints to try and quit and nothing worked. 2 1/2 years ago someone introduced my husband to vaping and he bought a set up and came home and told me about it. He was so happy and determined he was going to quit. I was not so happy. You see for some strange reason I actually enjoyed smoking, enjoyed the taste of a cigarette. Yeah pretty stupid right. I told my husband I was going to wait and see if it worked for him before I jumped on that band wagon. It did work. He never touched a cigarette again even though I was still smoking and mine were right there on the counter or in my purse all the time.I actually tried to vape for about a week in the beginning of his vaping but quit because it made me sick and dizzy. Little did I know it was because I had a way to high nicotine level. After a year and a half of him vaping I started thinking maybe I should try this again, if not for me for our kids and grandkids. On May March 5 2015, our 20th wedding anniversary I told my husband I was ready to quit. We went to our local vape shop, talked to them and found out what nic level I needed and he bought me some juice and I used his old ego pen and nautilus tank because I thought I wanted something that reminded me of a cigarette. That lasted one day and I told him I felt like I was sucking my brains out and hated it. I hit his sub ohm set up and knew that is what I wanted. Back to the vape store we went to buy me a mod and tank. I bought a pretty pink Istick Eleaf and an Atlantis tank. I had about a half a pack of cigarettes when I bought my set up and when I finished them over the next couple of days I never smoked one again. I picked bubble gum and cotton candy as my flavors but for several months every time we would drive by a vape store I would stop in to see if they had that perfect tobacco flavor that reminded me of my cigarettes. I missed that taste, or so I thought. I finally realized I was not going to find that and decided since I hadn’t smoked a real cigarette in over 3 months and was vaping bubble gum flavor and cotton candy flavor I no longer wanted a juice that tasted like a cigarette. I have not smoked now for 14 months and I feel so much better. I haven’t had any respiratory issues like before, especially during peak allergy seasons. I have more energy, I don’t crave my vape after just a short period of time like I did my cigarettes. I don’t stink any more. I never knew how bad it smelled on a person till after a few months of not smoking. My sense of taste and smell came back and I love that. Because of my husband and I quit smoking and took up vaping we also got our oldest daughter, or youngest son, my best friend and her husband, and several co-workers to quit smoking and start vaping. I really hope that vapors will not have to be forced to either quit vaping before they are ready to, go back to smoking or be forced to buy their eliquid and hardware from bootleggers or black market sellers because of the FDA, big tobacco, big pharmo and an over zealous and over stepping government.