I smoked for over 20 years ?? the last 15 of those years attempting to quit ??. multiple TIMES AND FAILING. After my last attempt with ??approved cessation? and adverse effects from Chantix ?? I quit trying to quit smoking. Over the Last 15 years I have spent over $10,000 in Approved Cessation products. None of them worked! I gave up, convinced I??d die a smoker. I was given an e-cigarette by a total stranger in June of 2010 in a half-hearted attempted to cut back on what had become a 4+ pack-a-day habit. Within 3 months I was tobacco free. The results? I have lost 120 pounds, I no longer have to take diabetic medication to control my blood sugars. My breathing has improved greatly! My spirometry results in 1 year went from FVC (forced vital capacity) of 63% and abnormal peak flow test to 1 year later having a value of 92% and normal peak flow test. In November o2012 I ran my very 1st 5k race. Yes I know and acknowledge the risks involved with e-cigarettes ?? not everything is known about the long term effects??.. but I still CHOOSE ?? the E-cigarette over Smoking! I choose a reduced harm approach. Some groups and advocates need to go beyond the confines of their ivory tower ideology and start talking to the people they are supposedly trying to help. People who live in the real world, one in which existing smoking cessation products are highly ineffective. One in which electronic cigarettes are filling a void by offering an alternative that replaces the behavioral and physical stimuli of cigarette smoking, not just the pharmacological reinforcement. E-cigs are a life-saver for those of us who have repeatedly tried to quit smoking without any success.