10 Real Powerful Vaping Stories from our customers

I had my first cigarette at the age of 13 and by the time I was 15 I smoked two packs a day and kept that up until about a year ago (I’m 27 now) when I bought my first vape. I tried gum, patches, etc. Nothing worked until I finally got into vaping. I no longer smell like an ashtray and I’m not coughing my lungs up after smoking anymore. Dont let the tobacco companies ruin what we have. They’ve had their run it’s over with and vaping is the future we will not lose this.

Cigarettes killed my dad’s father, my dad’s brother, my dad, and my mom. I started smoking when I was 16. I smoked at least a pack a day for 37 years. I tried to quit many times, with gums, lozenges, patches, even a prescription medicine. Never made it through the day without a cigarette. I had resigned myself to getting sick and dying a slow, miserable death, just like the other members of my family. When e-cigs started gaining popularity, I thought I’d give it a try. After two weeks of alternating vape and smoke, I tried to cut out the smoke. I’ve been smoke free for almost 5 years now. I’ve gotten down to the lowest nicotine level so I no longer get nicotine cravings. I don’t cough up an ashtray when I wake up and, I can climb three flights of stairs without having to sit down to catch my breath. I owe my current health to this industry. The industry needs to get itself together and make tough decisions about how to proceed in the future. DON’T LET BIG TOBACCO DESTROY OR AQUIRE THIS INDUSTRY!

In 2013 I had been smoking on and off for 20 years. That spring I lost both of my grandparents and my kids went to live with my ex husband. I was so depressed, I went from a 4 or 5 cigarettes a day to a pack a day habit of Camel Lights. Late that summer, my husband bought me my first e-cigarette and I haven’t looked back. I literally went from smoking a pack a day to zero cigarettes the moment I took my first drag off the e-cig. I’ve gone through multiple different kinds of e-cigs from the ones that came with the flavor in the top that you just threw away when the flavor ran out, to box mods and even a pen e-cig. I started at the highest nicotine level I could get and I’ve gone down to a 6mg nicotine level. I’m not sure I’ll ever go down to a 0mg, but I wouldn’t put it past me. I have never enjoyed the tobacco flavors and if and e-cig I bought cake with that flavor, I just tossed it. I was paying $15-$20 a day on cigarettes and really couldn’t afford it. I also had to go outside to smoke and when you live in a cold state like I do, Minnesota, that gets really old in the winter. I don’t miss freezing my butt off just to have a cigarette. I don’t miss coming back into the house and brushing my teeth and washing my hands and putting perfume on just so I wouldn’t smell like an ashtray. Personally, I LOVE the fruity and dessert flavored liquids. I honestly don’t believe e-cig companies are targeting underage children with the flavors they are marketing. I’m a young 43 year old mother who only smokes fruity and dessert flavored liquids. If you ban those, I will buy them wherever I can get them and that means I most likely will not be able to get the liquids that are highest percentages of vegetable glycerin. I won’t know what is going on my body because it won’t have any kind of regulation. What’s even more impressive, is how the e-cigs have affected my husband. He has never been a cigarette smoker, but he did have a disgusting habit of chewing tobacco. Once he saw how easy it was for me to quit smoking cigarettes, he decided to try an e-cig for himself. Now, he hasn’t been able to completely kick the chewing habit, but he has cut back considerably. He went from a tin of Copenhagen a day, to once a week. Even though he’s a 52 year old man, he also smokes the dessert flavors. His latest favorite is French Vanilla Cheesecake. I just wonder what kind of delusion the people considering placing a ban on flavored liquids are under. When has prohibition ever worked? The people that have come down with an “illness” from vaping, all had one thing in common. They have vaped something with THC in it. Why would you punish the mass, for the mistakes of the few? We are adults and we can make informed decisions for ourselves. We don’t need big brother making choices for us. As far as underage kids vaping, that sounds to me like a parenting problem because I know that when I buy my supplies, my age is verified before I can purchase anything. Some states also require someone over the age of 18 to sign for the package when it arrives. Honestly, if underage kids are vaping, is it really that big of a deal? Wouldn’t you rather see the vaping than smoking cigarettes? I know I would. There are always going to be a few that ruin it for everyone else. Please don’t punish the rest of us.

My wife & I transitioned from a multi-decade smoking habit to vaping, thanks to my son. We are six years out, can breathe again and are saving a ton of money. We both effortlessly switched from cigarettes to vaping and have gone from 18mg nicotine to 3mg. We had both tried quitting using prescriptions and cold turkey, but eventually started smoking again.
What we believe strongly kept us off cigarettes were all the delicious flavors of e liquid available. Neither of us use tobacco flavored liquids, but mainly fruits and desserts. Improvements in our health were swift and lasting, as confirmed by our doctor. We respect non-smokers & don’t vape around them, or children. The thought of a flavor ban is unconscionable due to the negative impact it will have on both the vaping industry and we users. A knee jerk reaction by government would cause more problems than it would solve. Regulation is ok if done thoughtfully. Big Tobacco has already had its run. It’s time for the already proven, less harmful alternative to prevail!

I smoked for 19 years. 2 packs a day of wide menthols. Long story short, cigarettes are disgusting now, I love fruity vape juice, and we deserve to have access to the tool/juices that saved our lives. Big tobacco is missing my $12/day or more habit! They can disappear!

I’ve been a moderate smoker since I was 20 now I’m 45 and have smoked away my money and my health for almost 20 years although last spring March 2018 the be exact I bought a tsunami quake vape that I still use today I haven’t smoked a pack of smokes in 14 months I’m down to 0 or 3 mg of nicotene depending on the day..if they ban flavored ejuice it will just help people including me to smoke again possibly….plus shut down at least 3 privately owned vape stores in our small town…just doesn’t make sense president Trump…your suppose to m.a.g.a not put us in withdrawal

Thanks vapor dna. Hope more companies reach out like this and that all these comments will be shared to out public offices.

I smoke a pack to 2 packs a day. It was very hard quitting, I might of stopped maybe 2 or 3 days at a time. Shouldn’t of listened when people told me to quit when it was easy. I have been vaping for about 6 years. And immediately I did not want to smoke anymore. I threw out my last packs because I felt reassurance and confidence that I didn’t need another cigarette.
I felt better. More blood flow in my legs. I don’t agree with underage kids vaping. It’s only for adults who want to quit smoking.
I feel there are worse things going on with are kids. Also, don’t know how they are determining that high schoolers are vaping when seriously haven’t seen kids vaping especially in a highly drug exposed inner city in the Bronx. I feel when I vape around people they often get repulsed by it not the other way around.
“Kids are vaping” where are they getting these statistics and where are they getting it from.
With anything illicit, illegal, or unhealthy its the parents job to guide their kids On what’s right or wrong and not leave it to strangers.
Hope this help clarify things and maybe this will finally unite vaping communities all around the world to help educate and not he rude while caping in public.
It’s also a wake up call to governing officials that the stronghold and power they have over us will soon be over.
We have to govern ourselves. And be smart and educated and open minded.
Thanks to anyone reading this. And again to vapor dna.
Companies that I always buy from like elementvape, eightvape, ecigcity, eciggity, vaporbeast, bradzvapor, etc ahould follow suit.
Lets make this viral.
Peace and love to all my fellow vapers.

I was a smoker over 20 years with a few months not smoking trying to quit. Most of my family was smokers as well and I’ve been around cigarette smoke since a baby. My grandmother died of cancer, my grandfather died from complications of COPD. My mom died from cancer, blood clots in her lungs and complications of COPD, my sisters have COPD, my Aunt has COPD from smoking cigarettes. The list goes on. Vaping FLAVORS has been the ONLY thing that has me not going back to smoking cigarettes. I’m proud to say, I’ve been cigarette free for just over a year. This past year has been the only year I haven’t had bronchitis in 5 years, shortness of breath, a hacking cough, coughing up tar in the morning and not smelling like a dirty ashtray, as well as my brother who introduced me to vaping. I know its from vaping with flavors and many of them. Because as everyone, we like variety. No one would like to eat bland oatmeal for the rest of their lives, why should we only vape tobacco flavors for the rest of ours.

I was a cigarette smoker for over 20 years. I’ve tried many nicotine replacements, the patch, Chantix, meditation (Wellbutrin) and gas station type electronic cigarettes. None of those helped me quit. One day I walked in my local vape shop ready to quit smoking cigarettes once and for all! The young 20 something year old store associate took his time to find the right vape device, nicotine level and flavor that was best for me. I purchased a pen stick vape, coils and a tropical fruit e juice. He helped me set up my device and also explained vape safety. I continued to smoke cigarettes but they began to taste horrible about as I adjusted to vaping. After 1 month, I almost vomited when I smoked a cigarette and I decide to quit once and for all.
I’ve been vaping for a little over a year and I must say, I feel amazing! When I smoked cigarettes I had bronchitis at least twice a year, I am a gym rat and would get winded on my spin bike and I had a horrible hacking cough, especially at night when I was sleeping. I am proud to say, since I began to vape, I not have not been sick…not even a cold. I track my workouts, and I have been breaking personal records because my strength and endurance has skyrocketed!
I am saddened about the current events in regard to vape as of late. The most frustrating part is, this is not about the health of Americans/our youth. This is a case of pure greeed! Vaping has diminished sales and revenue of big tobacco. Now that the vaping industry is a multi billion dollar business, government wants their cut. Cut out the small business, cut off vape supply and then flood the industry with Big Pharma/Big tobacco vape products. Well, I tell you one thing! Big Pharma and Big Tobacco will not get a PENNY of my money! Ever! I will fight, educate and advocate. We will not go without a fight!