O.K.-here's how I got started vaping-it's pretty boring, but here goes. I was a PAD smoker for 10 years and never thought I would quit. I loved smoking. I didn't like all the things that went along with it though-the smell, the cough, and feeling like a social outcast. I hated when cigarettes went to using Fire Safe Paper (FSA). I started rolling my own, then my local tobacco shop got one of those machines that did the rolling for you and I was only paying $24.78 for 200 analogues, so it wasn't really the cost that got me to quit. I started hearing about ecigs and got curious, so I bought a disposable at the tobacco shop. The taste wasn't that great, but I thought maybe I could do this. I went online to research the disposable I had bought, then found ECF and the rest is history. I think in the back of my mind, I always told myself I would smoke for ten years then quit which I now have! I started smoking later in life which was really stupid. I always smoked ouside in all kinds of weather. My husband is a non-smoker and wouldn't allow inside smoking, and I didn't want my house to smell smokey anyways. I'm really enjoying vaping in my air conditioned house and am not dreading the winter now! Like I said-pretty boring, but I would really like to win this contest!