I started smoking cigarettes at 16, long before nicotine vapes existed. It doesn’t matter the format, the tobacco industry has been marketing to youth since its inception.

I smoked for 17 years, a little over a pack a day at the end, and what made me finally quit was the realization I’d been smoking longer than not smoking.

I still think about it every day. Sometimes I have dreams about smoking cigarettes. Nicotine is fucking wack.