Hello there, My name is nate. 25 year old male. I started smoking in the Navy on March 13th 2009, which was a friday if I am not mistaken around 10am. The reason I started was because I found a fellow sailor who had committed suicide. My LPO suggested I smoke a cigarette to calm my nerves. I was hooked. Every deployment I had cases of cigarettes. Once the ship ran out in th3 shipstore and I bought a pack for 200 bucks… 200 DOLLARS! Shows how addicted I was huh? Anyways after the navy I was diagnosed with ptsd and other medical conditions. My therapist said, if smoking helps reduce stress then do it. My whole family, all the time would hassle me, everyday. Get away from me with that you need to quit and so on. I got my ecig from a friend in the navy via mail after a talk we had. At first I would smoke it randomly but still smoked my cigarettes. Then one day I ran out, thats when it started to work. I could smoke it anywhere. I kept 2 batteries charged and one with my tank. I still use nicotine cause it keeps the edge off. Ive been smoke free since december 2013. My issue was I had and still have no desire to stop smoking… but this feels like the samething. Go science.