I live in Dallas, Texas so the Winters are not to bad but the Summers really are. Plus this year we had an outbreak of The West Nile Virus. It got so bad they were spraying over the county on a bimonthly basis. To go out in the morning and at night you had to put on bug repellant. I could handle not smoking as much in the morning but at night (my worst time) I'd be out and that was when the Mosquitoes were worst. Now that I vape I don't have to go Outside and risk getting bitten by the golden Mosquito and I don't have to be out in the 100+ F temps in the day. That along with the flavors makes it a lot more enjoyable. I don't have to fast smoke so I can go back inside. I can also vape more often and in shorter usage and not being rushed I don't have to wolf down smokes which caused me to cough more.