Category: Success Stories

Phil,
I know you get hundreds of emails daily so in the past I’ve refrained from adding
to the load. But after watching your NJ Expo 1 & 2 you’ve prodded me from the
sidelines.

Briefly, I am 65 and have been on disability for COPD for a number of years. I
smoked 2 and a half packs a day for over 40 years. In October 2013 I lost
consciousness due to low blood oxygen level, fell, and suffered a compound fracture
of my leg. During my two week stay in the hospital after the operation I was on
some strong pain medicine and managed to do without nicotine. When I released, I
knew I was in serious trouble. Luckily, I had a cigalike kit I’d bought previously
but never used after the first couple of puffs.

I’m still off the smokes, and my breathing is getting better every day. My
cardiologist is overjoyed at my heart function.

I know you hear stories such as mine ad nauseum, but I wanted to explain my position
in the vaping world. Along with saving my life, it has become a serious hobby.

But the real reason for this message is to offer my heartfelt thanks for doing what
you do. Often I feel like an outcast when I watch the younger people vape, post
messages, and enter cloud contests. I don’t understand them.

You offer the good sense and judgement of maturity, and I know I can trust what you
say. You’ll never know how much I appreciate that.

Dan Bennett

Hi Phil.

I just want you to know this.

I have been a smoker for 16 years, when i unfortunately began when i was 12 years old.
I`ve tried everything to quit smoking, but without success until i finally, after
several weeks of reading and searching on google found your channel on YouTube.

Thanks to you and your recommendations, I took the big step and bought me a Vamo V5,
when i felt this was a nice start in the right price range for me.

I`ve been following your videos in over 1 year now and i feel my health is so much
better after i started vaping.
I have more energy, better appetite and much more joy in my everyday life.

Thanks to you Phil!

Continue with what you do, you are changing the lives of many smokers and vapers out
there.

And again, Thank you!

Phil,
I am coming up on my one year smoke free anniversary. It is the same for my
mother and father as well. You, your reviews, and the information you provide
have been instrumental in that transition. Most importantly for my parents.
They were former smokers who had quit for 15 years only to pick up the habit
again. Vaping has provided them with a healthier alternative to cigarettes.
I am a divorced and single father of three beautiful children. I needed to
think of their futures and that I wanted to be there for all the wonderful life
experiences they’ll have. It was time to kick the smokes to the curb. I was
introduced to vaping on a vacation to Virginia with my children and my dad.
Like most, I started with something simple. An Innokin iTaste CLK. However,
that wasn’t cutting it. I turned to the internet to find out what more I could
do. Stumbling upon your site and Youtube videos, I began to see there was so
much more out there that I could avail myself of to not fall back into smoking.
Evolution began. MVP 2.0, Vamo 20 watt, Aspire Nautilus, IPV Mini, Kanger
SubTank(along with learning to build), iStick 50 watt, Youde Zephyrus, and
finally the Evic-VT. (Which I give a thumbs up to so far) I’m going to start
venturing into the world of temp control builds now. Not only has vaping
accomplished freeing me from the poisons in cigarettes, but it really has made
my entire life better in so many aspects. Most importantly the ability to
enjoy activities with my kids without having to break for air or another smoke.

My parents who are at/near retirement age, really needed this as well. In the
day and age of Obama”Care”, their health is even more at the forefront. I am
so happy for them and relieved. I felt somewhat responsible for their relapse
since they took up smoking again when they took me out for dinner on my 21st
birthday.
I just felt compelled to pass this along to you as we near this special date in
my family’s lives. I wanted you to know how important the work, and we know it
is WORK, you do is to so many people. I can’t thank you enough for everything
that you do for the vaping community. So it is with pride and health that I
would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to you for helping me and my
family members make the switch to a healthier lifestyle.

Thank you Phil,
Dan

Howdy Phil. I just wanted to say thank you for all the work you do and all the informative reviews you post. I look forward to watching the videos put up every day after work. Because of your hard work I have been able to continue vaping and not having to worry if what I just bought is crap. Best of luck in the future and thank you again.

Hi Phil, my name is Emin as you can see I live in Bosnia and Herzegovina and i’m a passionate vaper for 3 months.

I don’t want to be childish but I watched most of your videos on YT and read all of your article on TYJ.com. You and your dear friend Dimitrie helped me a lot to quit smoking. Before vaping I was a pack a day smoker for 10 years. In the past 2 weeks i’m trying to get my father on to vaping. I gave him my old equipment and he used it for 1 week. Then i bought him a better equipment to make it easier and better for him to move away from smoking. He was a 3 pack a days smoker for 30 years and I really can’t describe you how happy i’m right now when I see him vaping.

I know you get this type of messages a lot but i wanted to try to reach to you and to let you know that you helped me a lot.

I have made the first Facebook group in Bosnia for vaping related stuff. I’m trying to help other people to quit smoking, i’m trying to spread the word that e-cigs are safer than smoking and that e-cigs are the future.

I’m really sorry if my English is a bit bad but i think you get the point.

Bosnia and Herzegovina and other Balkan countries don’t have that much of taxation that you guys have in the US and people can switch to e-cigs because it’s a cheaper solution for them, but they don’t have the faith and the knowledge, to make the change, and that’s what i’m trying to change.

Thank you Phil B.

Hey Phil. Just wanted to let u know that your videos have helped me stay off cigs
for just about 2 years. I live in forked river nj and we have a Vapor shark in
Barnegat and I have been using a vs rdna 30 and a Russian 91% and it has been a
perfect combo. Thank you Phil for all your help, we don’t know each other but u
have helped me out more then u will ever know.

On behalf of my wife and myself, we would like to thank you for everything you do for the e-cig/vaping vaping community. I began vaping over 2 years ago (this past April was my 2 yr anniversary) and my wife began about a year and a half ago. I started out using a cig-a-like kit from 777 e-cigs, and was not very satisfied with the product, so much so that I nearly stopped vaping and was going to begin smoking yet again. However, before I switched back, I came across your very detailed and entertaining YouTube videos. I have learned, and continue to learn, a great deal about e-cigs & vaping from watching your videos (and then passing that knowledge off to my wife), so much so, that I decided to stick with vaping and never again use a regular cigarette (except for the occasional 1-2 here and there in the beginning). MY wife’s health, as well as mine, have improved greatly over these past 2 years, and I know that this would not have happened had I stuck with smoking. For us, vaping not only became an alternative to smoking but ha snow become a life-style and a hobby that we both enjoy. I truly like watching your videos when I can to see what new devices/tanks/e-liquids are out there and if they are worth buying or not. Watching your reviews has saved me quite a good amount of $$ as there are many devices I was interested in getting, but decided not to after watching your reviews. Many times have your reviews exposed me to different types of hardware that I never thought would work for me or I would like, which has made the vaping experience that much more enjoyable for me and my wife. My wife and I say it all the time.. If it wasn’t for you, we most likely would have stopped vaping and went back to rolling our own cigarettes using pipe tobacco and pre-made tubes w/ filters like we had been doing for 6 years prior…

Hello,

I just want to express my appreciation for this site and for your YouTube channel.
For almost a year, vaping has kept me from smoking cigarettes. The information that
you provide, as well as the reviews and your honest opinions, has allowed me to stay
tobacco free not just through vaping, but by vaping safely.

Thank you,

Jake

Hello Phil, me again.

I watched your video again this week (just like a tv show). I go every week to your website to see if you have made another one. And believe me, I enjoy every second of what you do and the way you do it. Now, my daughter (she does not smoke) want to follow you every week too.

I do not know where you get your power and strength to do all you do but you impress me.

Keep doing what you do. I am learning more and more every time…and still away from tobacco cigarette. I do not remember if I told you but I smoked during 40 years until I watched one of your video (the one that you take a cigarette in your mouth to remember the feeling) and quit right after.

Again congrat about what you do and please, please, continue doing it.

PS: I also see Lamborghini when I vape my Kangertech mini

Denis

Want to thank you for your no nonsense Website and videos like the comedy aswell. Last year in the first part of September I had a heart attack and bypass at age 38 I was a smoker and pipe smoker from age 19. The worst part of the whole thing was I had to quit smoking something I really loved. When I was in hospital my sister gave me a little pen vaporizer. This was a god send. I tend to research things a lot and your website was just what the doctor ordered. It also kept me laughing in the hospital bed. Know you probably get these things all the time but as alway had to drop my two puffs. oh and glad to see you make it up to my country Canada even if it was at the other end. I am an ex smoker cheers