I had been a smoker for roughly 13 years. I had started smoking as a junior in high school. Smoking had become a nuisance in every aspect of my life. My friends would get annoyed by my constant insistence to come outside with me while I would smoke. My family was concerned for my health. Any potential girlfriends would run by the time they were in smelling distance. I first tried an e-cig about four years ago. My friend had purchased one online and I took a puff. Meh…, I thought. No sensation in the throat and the flavor was pretty rough. I quickly forgot about my brief interaction with the device. About a year and a half later, I had been searching for a job and came across an ad for a sales associate for a company that sold e-cigs. Well, a job’s a job, right? I interview well enough, so I was offered the job. I took the job and was slowly becoming impressed by the range of devices and flavor options the company offered. I was initially quite indifferent to the thought of vaping coffee, so I stuck with my usual menthol. To my surprise, the device was actually quite helpful. I wasn’t blown away, and the flavor was still a bit sharp, but it was certainly helping. Shortly after interacting with some friendly customers with higher end devices not sold by the company I was working for, I was introduced to the world of mods. As I was still smoking (albeit down to about 5 tobacco cigarettes from a pack a day), the customer suggested I try something with a bit more power. I decided to go for it. I went online and purchased a Lavatube for myself. i also purchased some menthol liquid and a few other sample flavors just for fun. When I received my package, I quickly put the device together, set my voltage output to about 4.2 volts and gave a lemon/lime flavor a try. WOW!! I was absolutely blown away. Not only was that throat hit and sensation there just as I needed it to be, but this tasted delicious! I quickly disposed of any menthol or tobacco e-juice I had acquired from the company I had been working for, and went back online to order some more tasty flavors. Three days into vaping on the lavatube, and I was hanging out with a smoker friend of mine. He suggested we go outside for a smoke, and I followed. As he went for his traditional pack of tobacco cigarettes, I decided I would just vape. I was actually enjoying it more than cigarettes. I took a small drag off of his tobacco cigarette before going back inside (the same brand I used), and let out a forceful cough. As we entered my home again, I took my pack of cigarettes out and handed it to him. I actually didn’t need it anymore. I haven’t had a cigarette since. I’ve been vaping for roughly two years. I always use flavors outside of tobacco and menthol, and I will never use a tobacco or menthol flavor. Honestly, when did tobacco ever taste good? My family is proud of me, I’m proud of me, and I have a girlfriend that doesn’t have to put up with secondhand smoke or a foul-smelling boyfriend. To think, I’ve been smoke free for around two years after 13 years of smoking. And I didn’t even have the intention to quit. I had tried to stop smoking years prior. I tried SNUS to limit my cigarette use, but I just felt like I was chewing tobacco. It gave me hiccups and tasted foul. I tried the gum. I hate chewing gum. The stuff tasted awful and literally did not deter me from smoking at all. I mean that; I smoked literally just as much as usual over the week I had used nicotine gum. The ONLY thing that has helped me quit has been the e-cig. I now have well over 15 different mods, and vape happily through the day. In fact, I feel so strongly that this product is as close to a miracle as I’ve witnessed in my 31 years, that I am now opening my own vape shop in Colorado. We’ll be open in less than two weeks and I couldn’t be happier to be helping people quit the same way I was able to do so; with e-cigs.