I smoked my last analog cigarette on December 14, 2013, after smoking for 38 years. Thanks to vaping, I have been cigarette-free for 18 months. I began smoking at age 14. Both my parents smoked and neither one of them told me I shouldn’t, so I was pretty much destined to be a smoker myself. I had started smoking so young that as an adult, I had no idea how to live a life that didn’t include cigarettes. I had tried to quit a couple times but never made it more than 24 hours. I had resigned myself to dying of lung cancer or COPD, unless I got very lucky. Cigarettes OWNED ME. They controlled every aspect of my life. I estimate that I have spent about $30,000 in my lifetime on cigarettes. I first purchased an electronic cigarette more out of curiosity than anything, but found I enjoyed it very much. After a year of using both, I stopped smoking analog cigarettes completely. Vaping is such an effective and satisfying substitute that I now have no desire whatsosever for analog cigarettes. My doctor is thrilled and supports vaping wholeheartedly. I can breathe again, I don’t cough unless I’m sick, my skin looks IMMENSELY better, I don’t reek of cigarette smoke, and I have more money to contribute to my retirement account. Last November, I was able to convert my mother to electronic cigarettes. She has been smoking for 58 years and hasn’t smoked an analog cigarette since I introduced her to electronics. Big Tobacco makes money by killing people. Vaping is NOTHING like smoking. Leave it alone and let us be.