i started smoking at 13. I smoked for nearly 20 yrs off and on puttin em down but always picking them back up for the nicotine rush. i couldnt get away from Cigs. i tried gum and the patches and neither worked i was still smoking even while using them they were so ineffective. i was gonna try the chantix but my friend, who has the same problems as I, almost commited suicide because of it so i wasnt gonna go down that road. I tried the cig a likes and they just didnt do much for me i kept goin back to the cigs then in 20013 a friend handed me a Bulldog vape penfor the next year and a half i smoked and vaped off and on but i was smoking less and less then in december 2014 i just said im done i threw away my smokes picked up my vape pen and havent looked back. I can breath better i can actually taste what i eat and drink and i dont smell bad anymore. i can smell a smoker at 5-10 ft away and think omg i used to smell like THAT? I still get my nicotine that i crave but its getting less and less i vaped 24 mg for a long time then 3 months ago it started to sting my mouth so i dropped to 18 a month and a half later 18 was stinging my mouth and now i am at 12. i know if i continue at this pace ill will be at 0 nic in 6-8 mnths and i couldnt be happier. thanks to vaping i am no longer a smoker. i have not seen or experienced a single negitive only positives (well except the weird looks i get from time to time from people that dont understand vaping LOL).