I quit smoking after 52 years in one afternoon, using an e- cigarette. I really didn’t intend to quit; I just wanted to have an alternative for occasional use. The ease of giving up cigarettes and the pleasure of having a smoke-free, smell-free substitute (that actually tastes good) surprised me. It still surprises me, after almost three years, that it was so easy. I am grateful that the shortness of breath that concerned me when I was smoking has disappeared, and that I did not have to give up nicotine. The incidence of dementia in my family and the evidence of nicotine’s beneficial effects made me rather fearful of giving it up. Thanks to this marvelous technology, I didn’t have to.