I have been smoking since I was 17. I was a pack-a-day smoker for most of it, occasionally going higher. I have tried gum, patches, lozenges. None of them worked. The gum made me nauseous and angry. The patches made me break out in hives and made me constantly headachey. The Lozenges made me very nauseous, and didn’t work. I couldn’t run. Strenuous physical activity was very unpleasant, and would lead to ringing ears and shortness of breath almost immediately. We heat with firewood, and it was beginning to require a break in the middle of each load, just to lean against the wall and pant. Additionally, large chunks of my income were going to cigarettes. Even buying in a nearby community that had less of a tax on smoke, I was paying USD $60/carton. Local smokes were $80+ a carton, and I was going through more than three cartons a month. I had to bring a friend back from a small town, and to allow him to breathe easier, I purchased an Njoy disposable from a gas station. I stopped halfway and picked up another, and I was blown away. It wasn’t smoking, but it was good. All the flavor and nicotine of my habit, and less cost and storage. I had no idea about the changes in health. I purchased a starter kit, and a selection of juices. I filled my clearo with Apple Pie flavored juice… and my life changed. Over the next 3-4 weeks, I put away almost 20ml of Apple Pie, quite a lot of other juice… and I smoked less and less cigarettes. I noticed, almost a month later, that I was not enjoying my nightly before-bed cigarette, so I stopped smoking it. That was my only cigarette of the day, at that point. I went three days, then five, without a smoke. I went two weeks, and alarming things were coming out of my sinuses. I went three, and flavors and smells started tasting and smelling more intense. A month into the lack of smoking, and I ran the numbers – I had over $150 in my budget that I could spend on e cig gear. I couldn’t find $150 of hardware or juice that I wanted. I banked the rest. Week five, and I had to respond to a worksite emergency. I ran from one building to another, and arrived with an elevated heart rate, and breathing deeply. I was not in pain, nor was I experiencing shortness of breath. This was a game changer. I’m two weeks past that, and I feel so much better every day. I don’t have smoker’s hack any more. I smell better. My nose works better. I cleaned the inside of my truck’s windshield last weekend. I’ll never have that thick sludgy layer of tar again. Life is good.