I started smoking at 13. Then it was just with friends and irregular. By 18, I was smoking a pack a day. I have tried everything to quit. I had a bad reaction to the patches, the gum and lozenges did not work at all for me. I tried Wellbutrin and Chantix with better results, but I still went back to smoking. The longest I was able to quit for was 9 months and even during that time, I was still an occasional smoker. I went right back to it as soon as there was something stressful in life. This December, I decided I was done. One way or another, I was not smoking anymore. I started using an Electronic Cigarette and with the advice of others more knowledgeable, I started on a fairly high level of nicotine liquid. I have been steadily reducing that level and am now at the half way point. The oddest thing has happened, I am not craving cigarettes, which I always did before. I have not had a single cigarette since December 29, 2012 and am not interested in them at all anymore. I have been running and working out and my breathing is so much better already. My resting blood pressure and heart rates have gone down too. I feel like I have more energy instead of less and after the initial sinus problems that often happen when you quit smoking, I am getting sick MUCH less often. I have also not gained 15 pounds of weight like I have in the past. In fact, I have actually lost weight. I know my story is not one of long-term cessation yet, but I am getting there. I have not had the awful side effects of drugs or painful and ugly withdraws from other cessation aids. I feel this has been the best experience I have ever had. I enjoy Electronic Cigarettes so much, that I may stay with one even after I am down to zero nicotine. Then again, I may just put it down and let it collect dust. The fact that I can make that choice is the best thing.