I agree with the previous posts, the online vaping community has played a large part in my success using a PV. There is a learning curve that one has to overcome to be successful. When my 13-year-old self smoked her first cigarette, the most difficult part was to inhale the smoke into my lungs without coughing or choking in front of my friends. Once I was able to do that, I was a smoker, and fit right in with everyone else in the neighborhood, smoking whatever the bigger kids had. 36 years later when I purchased my first kit, I charged, assembled and tried it by myself. Like many new users, I wanted something that looked and tasted just like a cigarette. I bought a dse901 kit because it was available in purple, but still not much bigger than a tobacco cigarette. I knew so little that I fell for what the sales lady told me, and bought boxes and boxes of prefilled cartridges, not realizing that I could purchase a bottle of nicotine juice to refill my own. Once I started vaping, I found the ECF and CASAA websites and became an active member. I ordered a Joye eGo kit because while the 901 battery only lasts a few hours, the eGo battery can last the better part of a day. As my taste buds re-awakened, I wanted to try the variety of juice flavors that are offered by the many U.S. vendors that use FDA-approved ingredients. Not only am I tobacco free, I have stopped using menthol in favor of waffle, popcorn and cinnamon flavored liquid, although I spent a good deal of money on liquid I didn't like before I found the ones that make me happy. I used the cartridges for a while, but found the constant cleaning and refilling to be inconvenient. I ordered cartomizers, but didn't like those at all. I then ordered drip tips, and quickly adapted to "dripping". I learned that many vendors were making "mods" that use rechargeable batteries, and purchased a few to see if I would like them better. I did. The cigarette-like quality that was my first concern has become unimportant, now I am more interested in function over form.My initial motivation to buy this product was monetary more than health. I have tried to quit too many times to count, but the horrible truth is I enjoyed smoking! Spending $8.28 a day for a pack of cigarettes was hard to justify with my daughter going off to college. Deep down inside I didn't want to quit, and I had even bargained with myself - I wouldn't really quit, I would just stop for 30 years, and on my 80th birthday, I'd start again. It may sound ridiculous but I really had that thought embedded in my brain, I just couldn't make the first move to quit. I was jealous of what I considered to be "social smokers" who could smoke on weekends while out with friends, and then go smoke free for days. That was just not me. Regardless of the NRT I tried, when I saw someone light a cigarette, the smell of the smoke, the thought of inhaling that smoke, was so enticing that my willpower threw up it's hands and gave up.So what happened? How did I go from loving smoking to finding it disgusting? What caused that wonderful smell of cigarette smoke to become vile? Why can I now comfortably go hours without vaping, when I HAD to have a cigarette every two hours? I had no withdrawal symptoms, because I still use nicotine. I would suck down two cigarettes on a break, now I use my PV once or twice and I'm good for a few more hours.Turns out my desire for nicotine is being satiated, the relaxing sensation of exhaling the stress out of me is still there, and I'm able to accomplish this without the harmful effects of tobacco smoke. I am so grateful that this product exists. Finally, we have a better alternative.It really is a product that can save lives, and I feel strongly enough about this that I will continue to advocate for this product to remain available to current adult smokers.Thank you for the opportunity to voice my experience.(And thanks to wv2win & vocalek)